Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund

 

 

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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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Notice of Annual Meeting

of Shareholders

March 26, 2015

  

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60606

(800) 257-8787

February 17, 2015

Nuveen All Cap Energy MLP Opportunities Fund (JMLP)

Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund (NTC)

Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund (JCE)

Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund (JQC)

Nuveen Diversified Dividend and Income Fund (JDD)

Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund (JMF)

Nuveen Flexible Investment Income Fund (JPW)

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund (JFR)

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Opportunity Fund (JRO)

Nuveen Georgia Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 2 (NKG)

Nuveen Global Equity Income Fund (JGV)

Nuveen Intermediate Duration Municipal Term Fund (NID)

Nuveen Intermediate Duration Quality Municipal Term Fund (NIQ)

Nuveen Maryland Premium Income Municipal Fund (NMY)

Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Income Fund (NMS)

Nuveen Missouri Premium Income Municipal Fund (NOM)

Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund (JLS)

Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund 2 (JMT)

Nuveen Multi-Market Income Fund (JMM)

Nuveen New York AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund (NRK)

Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund 2 (NYV)

Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund, Inc. (NNY)

Nuveen North Carolina Premium Income Municipal Fund (NNC)

Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund (JPI)

Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund (JPC)

Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund (JTP)

Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund 2 (JPS)

Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund 3 (JHP)

Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund (JRI)

Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund (JRS)

Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income Fund (BXMX)

Nuveen S&P 500 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (SPXX)

Nuveen Senior Income Fund (NSL)


Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund (JSD)

Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Dividend Growth Fund (JTD)

Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Total Return Strategy Fund (JTA)

Nuveen Virginia Premium Income Municipal Fund (NPV)

To the Shareholders of the Above Funds:

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of each of Nuveen All Cap Energy MLP Opportunities Fund (“All Cap Energy”), Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund (“Connecticut Premium”), Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund (“Core Equity”), Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund (“Credit Strategies”), Nuveen Diversified Dividend and Income Fund (“Diversified Dividend”), Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund (“Energy MLP”), Nuveen Flexible Investment Income Fund (“Flexible Investment”), Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund (“Floating Rate Income”), Nuveen Floating Rate Income Opportunity Fund (“Floating Rate Income Opportunity”), Nuveen Georgia Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 2 (“Georgia Dividend 2”), Nuveen Global Equity Income Fund (“Global Equity”), Nuveen Intermediate Duration Municipal Term Fund (“Intermediate Duration”), Nuveen Intermediate Duration Quality Municipal Term Fund (“Intermediate Duration Quality”), Nuveen Maryland Premium Income Municipal Fund (“Maryland Premium”), Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Income Fund (“Minnesota Municipal”), Nuveen Missouri Premium Income Municipal Fund (“Missouri Premium”), Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund (“Mortgage Opportunity”), Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund 2 (“Mortgage Opportunity 2”), Nuveen Multi-Market Income Fund (“Multi-Market Income”), Nuveen New York AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund (“New York AMT-Free”), Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund 2 (“New York Value 2”), Nuveen North Carolina Premium Income Municipal Fund (“North Carolina Premium”), Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund (“Preferred Income Term”), Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund (“Preferred Income Opportunities”), Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund (“Quality Preferred”), Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund 2 (“Quality Preferred 2”), Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund 3 (“Quality Preferred 3”), Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund (“Real Asset”), Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund (“Real Estate Income”), Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income Fund (“S&P Buy-Write”), Nuveen S&P 500 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (“S&P Dynamic Overwrite”), Nuveen Senior Income Fund (“Senior Income”), Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund (“Short Duration”), Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Dividend Growth Fund (“Tax-Advantaged Dividend”), Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Total Return Strategy Fund (“Tax-Advantaged Return”) and Nuveen Virginia Premium Income Municipal Fund (“Virginia Premium”), each a Massachusetts business trust, and Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund, Inc. (“New York Value”), a Minnesota corporation (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), will be held in the offices of Nuveen Investments, Inc., 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, on Thursday, March 26, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., Central time (for each Fund, an “Annual Meeting” and collectively, the “Annual Meetings”), for the following purposes and to transact such other business, if any, as may properly come before the Annual Meeting.

Matters to Be Voted on by Shareholders:

 

1. To elect Members to the Board of Trustees/Directors (each a “Board” and each Trustee or Director a “Board Member”) of each Fund as outlined below:

 

  a.

For All Cap Energy, Core Equity, Credit Strategies, Diversified Dividend, Energy MLP, Flexible Investment, Global Equity, Multi-Market Income, Mortgage Opportunity, Mortgage Opportunity 2, New York Value 2, New York Value, Preferred Income, Quality


 

Preferred, Quality Preferred 2, Quality Preferred 3, Real Asset, Real Estate Income, S&P Buy-Write, S&P Dynamic Overwrite, Tax-Advantaged Dividend and Tax-Advantaged Return, to elect three (3) Class III Board Members.

 

  b. For Preferred Income Term and Short Duration, to elect four (4) Class II Board Members and three (3) Class III Board Members.

 

  c. For Intermediate Duration, Intermediate Duration Quality, Minnesota Municipal and New York AMT-Free, to elect four (4) Board Members.

 

  i) two (2) Class III Board Members to be elected by the holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class; and

 

  ii) two (2) Board Members to be elected by the holders of Preferred Shares only, voting separately as a single class.

 

  d. For Connecticut Premium, Floating Rate Income, Floating Rate Income Opportunity, Georgia Dividend Fund 2, Maryland Premium, Missouri Premium, North Carolina Premium, Senior Income Fund and Virginia Premium, to elect eight (8) Board Members.

 

  i) four (4) Class II Board Members and two (2) Class III Board Members to be elected by the holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class; and

 

  ii) two (2) Board Members to be elected by the holders of Preferred Shares only, voting separately as a single class.

 

2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting.

Shareholders of record of each Fund, except Multi-Market Income and Missouri Premium, at the close of business on January 26, 2015 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting. Shareholders of record of Multi-Market Income and Missouri Premium at the close of business on February 2, 2015 and February 9, 2015, respectively, are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting.

All shareholders are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting. In order to avoid delay and additional expense and to assure that your shares are represented, please vote as promptly as possible, regardless of whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting. You may vote by mail, telephone or over the Internet. To vote by mail, please mark, sign, date and mail the enclosed proxy card. No postage is required if mailed in the United States. To vote by telephone, please call the toll-free number located on your proxy card and follow the recorded instructions, using your proxy card as a guide. To vote over the Internet, go to the Internet address provided on your proxy card and follow the instructions, using your proxy card as a guide.

If you intend to attend the Annual Meeting in person and you are a record holder of a Fund’s shares, in order to gain admission you must show photographic identification, such as your driver’s license. If you intend to attend the Annual Meeting in person and you hold your shares through a bank, broker or other custodian, in order to gain admission you must show photographic identification, such as your driver’s license, and satisfactory proof of ownership of shares of a Fund, such as your voting instruction form (or a copy thereof) or broker’s statement indicating ownership as of a recent date. If you hold your shares in a brokerage account or through a bank or other nominee, you will not be able to vote in person at the Annual Meeting unless you have previously requested and obtained a “legal proxy” from your broker, bank or other nominee and present it at the Annual Meeting.

Kevin J. McCarthy

Vice President and Secretary


Joint Proxy Statement   

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60606

(800) 257-8787

February 17, 2015

This Joint Proxy Statement is first being mailed to shareholders on or about February 19, 2015.

Nuveen All Cap Energy MLP Opportunities Fund (JMLP)

Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund (NTC)

Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund (JCE)

Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund (JQC)

Nuveen Diversified Dividend and Income Fund (JDD)

Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund (JMF)

Nuveen Flexible Investment Income Fund (JPW)

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund (JFR)

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Opportunity Fund (JRO)

Nuveen Georgia Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 2 (NKG)

Nuveen Global Equity Income Fund (JGV)

Nuveen Intermediate Duration Municipal Term Fund (NID)

Nuveen Intermediate Duration Quality Municipal Term Fund (NIQ)

Nuveen Maryland Premium Income Municipal Fund (NMY)

Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Income Fund (NMS)

Nuveen Missouri Premium Income Municipal Fund (NOM)

Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund (JLS)

Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund 2 (JMT)

Nuveen Multi-Market Income Fund (JMM)

Nuveen New York AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund (NRK)

Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund 2 (NYV)

Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund, Inc. (NNY)

Nuveen North Carolina Premium Income Municipal Fund (NNC)

Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund (JPI)

Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund (JPC)

Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund (JTP)

Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund 2 (JPS)

Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund 3 (JHP)

Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund (JRI)

Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund (JRS)

Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income Fund (BXMX)

 

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Nuveen S&P 500 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (SPXX)

Nuveen Senior Income Fund (NSL)

Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund (JSD)

Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Dividend Growth Fund (JTD)

Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Total Return Strategy Fund (JTA)

Nuveen Virginia Premium Income Municipal Fund (NPV)

General Information

This Joint Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Trustees or Directors (each a “Board” and collectively, the “Boards,” and each Trustee or Director, a “Board Member” and collectively, the “Board Members”) of each of Nuveen All Cap Energy MLP Opportunities Fund (“All Cap Energy”), Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund (“Connecticut Premium”), Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund (“Core Equity”), Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund (“Credit Strategies”), Nuveen Diversified Dividend and Income Fund (“Diversified Dividend”), Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund (“Energy MLP”), Nuveen Flexible Investment Income Fund (“Flexible Investment”), Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund (“Floating Rate Income”), Nuveen Floating Rate Income Opportunity Fund (“Floating Rate Income Opportunity”), Nuveen Georgia Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 2 (“Georgia Dividend 2”), Nuveen Global Equity Income Fund (“Global Equity”), Nuveen Intermediate Duration Municipal Term Fund (“Intermediate Duration”), Nuveen Intermediate Duration Quality Municipal Term Fund (“Intermediate Duration Quality”), Nuveen Maryland Premium Income Municipal Fund (“Maryland Premium”), Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Income Fund (“Minnesota Municipal”), Nuveen Missouri Premium Income Municipal Fund (“Missouri Premium”), Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund (“Mortgage Opportunity”), Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund 2 (“Mortgage Opportunity 2”), Nuveen Multi-Market Income Fund (“Multi-Market Income”), Nuveen New York AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund (“New York AMT-Free”), Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund 2 (“New York Value 2”), Nuveen North Carolina Premium Income Municipal Fund (“North Carolina Premium”), Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund (“Preferred Income Term”), Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund (“Preferred Income Opportunities”), Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund (“Quality Preferred”), Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund 2 (“Quality Preferred 2”), Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund 3 (“Quality Preferred 3”), Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund (“Real Asset”), Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund (“Real Estate Income”), Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income Fund (“S&P Buy-Write”), Nuveen S&P 500 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (“S&P Dynamic Overwrite”), Nuveen Senior Income Fund (“Senior Income”), Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund (“Short Duration”), Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Dividend Growth Fund (“Tax-Advantaged Dividend”), Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Total Return Strategy Fund (“Tax-Advantaged Return”) and Nuveen Virginia Premium Income Municipal Fund (“Virginia Premium”), each a Massachusetts business trust, and Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund, Inc. (“New York Value”), a Minnesota corporation (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) and of proxies to be voted at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in the offices of Nuveen Investments, Inc. (“Nuveen”), 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, on Thursday, March 26, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., Central time (for each Fund, an “Annual Meeting” and collectively, the “Annual Meetings”), and at any and all adjournments thereof.

 

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On the matters coming before each Annual Meeting as to which a choice has been specified by shareholders on the proxy, the shares will be voted accordingly. If a properly executed proxy is returned and no choice is specified, the shares will be voted FOR the election of the nominees as listed in this Joint Proxy Statement. Shareholders of a Fund who execute proxies may revoke them at any time before they are voted by filing with that Fund a written notice of revocation, by delivering a duly executed proxy bearing a later date, or by attending the Annual Meeting and voting in person. A prior proxy can also be revoked by voting again through the toll-free number or the Internet address listed in the proxy card. Merely attending the Annual Meeting, however, will not revoke any previously submitted proxy.

The Board of each Fund has determined that the use of this Joint Proxy Statement for each Annual Meeting is in the best interest of each Fund and its shareholders in light of the similar matters being considered and voted on by the shareholders.

The following table indicates which shareholders are solicited with respect to each matter:

 

Matter        Common Shares   Preferred  Shares(1)

1(a)

  For All Cap Energy, Core Equity, Credit Strategies, Diversified Dividend, Energy MLP, Flexible Investment, Global Equity, Multi-Market Income, Mortgage Opportunity, Mortgage Opportunity 2, New York Value 2, New York Value, Preferred Income, Quality Preferred, Quality Preferred 2, Quality Preferred 3, Real Asset, Real Estate Income, S&P Buy-Write, S&P Dynamic Overwrite, Tax-Advantaged Dividend and Tax-Advantaged Return, election of three (3) Class III Board Members by all shareholders.   X   N/A

1(b)

  For Preferred Income Term and Short Duration, election of four (4) Class II Board Members and three (3) Class III Board Members.   X   N/A

1(c)(i)

  For Intermediate Duration, Intermediate Duration Quality, Minnesota Municipal and New York AMT-Free, election of two (2) Class III Board Members by all shareholders.   X   X

1(c)(ii)

  For Intermediate Duration, Intermediate Duration Quality, Minnesota Municipal and New York AMT-Free, election of two (2) Board Members by holders of Preferred Shares only.       X

1(d)(i)

  For Connecticut Premium, Floating Rate Income, Floating Rate Income Opportunity, Georgia Dividend Fund 2, Maryland Premium, Missouri Premium, North Carolina Premium, Senior Income Fund and Virginia Premium, election of four (4) Class II Board Members and two (2) Class III Board Members by all shareholders.   X   X

 

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Matter        Common Shares   Preferred  Shares(1)

1(d)(ii)

  For Connecticut Premium, Floating Rate Income, Floating Rate Income Opportunity, Georgia Dividend Fund 2, Maryland Premium, Missouri Premium, North Carolina Premium, Senior Income Fund and Virginia Premium, election of two (2) Board Members by holders of Preferred Shares only.       X

 

(1) Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares (“VMTP Shares”) for Connecticut Premium, Georgia Dividend 2, Intermediate Duration, Intermediate Duration Quality, Maryland Premium, Missouri Premium, Minnesota Municipal and North Carolina Premium; Institutional MuniFund Term Preferred Shares (“iMTP Shares”) for New York AMT-Free; Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares (“VRDP Shares”) for New York AMT-Free and Virginia Premium; and Variable Rate Term Preferred Shares (“VRTP Shares”) for Floating Rate Income, Floating Rate Income Opportunity and Senior Income are collectively referred to herein as “Preferred Shares.”

A quorum of shareholders is required to take action at each Annual Meeting. A majority of the shares entitled to vote at each Annual Meeting, represented in person or by proxy, will constitute a quorum of shareholders at that Annual Meeting, except that for the election of the two Board Member nominees by holders of Preferred Shares (for Connecticut Premium, Floating Rate Income, Floating Rate Income Opportunity, Georgia Dividend Fund 2, Intermediate Duration, Intermediate Duration Quality, Maryland Premium, Minnesota Municipal, Missouri Premium, New York AMT-Free, North Carolina Premium, Senior Income Fund and Virginia Premium), 33 1/3% of the Preferred Shares entitled to vote and represented in person or by proxy will constitute a quorum. Votes cast by proxy or in person at each Annual Meeting will be tabulated by the inspectors of election appointed for that Annual Meeting. The inspectors of election will determine whether or not a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting. The inspectors of election will treat abstentions and “broker non-votes” (i.e., shares held by brokers or nominees, typically in “street name,” as to which (i) instructions have not been received from the beneficial owners or persons entitled to vote and (ii) the broker or nominee does not have discretionary voting power on a particular matter) as present for purposes of determining a quorum.

VRDP Shares held in “street name” as to which voting instructions have not been received from the beneficial owners or persons entitled to vote as of one business day before the Annual Meeting, or, if adjourned, one business day before the day to which the Annual Meeting is adjourned, and that would otherwise be treated as “broker non-votes” may, pursuant to Rule 452 of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), be voted by the broker on the proposal in the same proportion as the votes cast by all holders of VRDP Shares as a class who have voted on the proposal or in the same proportion as the votes cast by all holders of VRDP Shares of the Fund who have voted on that item. Rule 452 permits proportionate voting of VRDP Shares with respect to a particular item if, among other things, (i) a minimum of 30% of the VRDP Shares or shares of a series of VRDP Shares outstanding has been voted by the holders of such shares with respect to such item, (ii) less than 10% of the VRDP Shares or shares of a series of VRDP Shares outstanding has been voted by the holders of such shares against such item and (iii) for any proposal as to which holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares vote as a single class, holders of Common Shares approve the proposal. For the purpose of meeting the 30% test, abstentions will be treated as shares “voted” and, for the purpose of meeting the 10% test, abstentions will not be treated as shares “voted” against the item.

 

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Broker-dealers who are not members of the NYSE may be subject to other rules, which may or may not permit them to vote your shares without instruction. We urge you to provide instructions to your broker or nominee so that your votes may be counted.

For each Fund, the affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares present and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be required to elect the Board Members of that Fund. For purposes of determining the approval of the proposal to elect Board Members for each Fund, abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect.

Those persons who were shareholders of record of each Fund, except Multi-Market Income and Missouri Premium, at the close of business on Monday, January 26, 2015 will be entitled to one vote for each share held and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional vote held. Those persons who were shareholders of Multi-Market Income and Missouri Premium at the close of business on Monday, February 2, 2015 and February 9, 2015, respectively, will be entitled to one vote for each share held and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional vote held. As of January 26, 2015 (February 2, 2015 for Multi-Market Income and February 9, 2015 for Missouri Premium), the shares of the Funds were issued and outstanding as follows:

 

Fund   Ticker  Symbol(1)   Common Shares     Preferred Shares  
All Cap Energy   JMLP     12,756,760     

N/A

       
Connecticut Premium   NTC     14,533,976     

VMTP Series 2017

    1,060   
Core Equity   JCE     16,021,686     

N/A

       
Credit Strategies   JQC     136,071,090     

N/A

       
Diversified Dividend   JDD     19,931,933     

N/A

       
Energy MLP   JMF     39,445,748     

N/A

       
Flexible Investment   JPW     3,705,250     

N/A

       
Floating Rate Income   JFR     55,169,216     

VRTP Series C-4

    1,390   
Floating Rate Income Opportunity   JRO     38,478,782     

VRTP Series C-4

    980   
Georgia Dividend 2   NKG     10,548,789     

VMTP Series 2017

    750   
Global Equity   JGV     19,039,409     

N/A

       
Intermediate Duration   NID     46,909,660     

VMTP Series 2016

    1,750   
Intermediate Duration Quality   NIQ     13,097,144     

VMTP Series 2016

    550   
Maryland Premium   NMY     23,682,164     

VMTP Series 2017

    1,670   
Minnesota Municipal   NMS     5,570,806     

VMTP Series 2017

    441   
Missouri Premium   NOM     2,332,933     

VMTP Series 2018

    180   
Mortgage Opportunity   JLS     15,888,417     

N/A

       
Mortgage Opportunity 2   JMT     4,871,277     

N/A

       
Multi-Market Income   JMM     9,464,150     

N/A

       
New York AMT-Free   NRK     87,618,504     

iMTP Series 2017

    15,800   
               

VRDP Series 1

    1,123   
               

VRDP Series 2

    1,648   
               

VRDP Series 3

    1,617   
               

VRDP Series 4

    500   
New York Value 2   NYV     2,349,612     

N/A

       

 

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Fund   Ticker  Symbol(1)   Common Shares     Preferred Shares  
New York Value   NNY     15,191,164     

N/A

       
North Carolina Premium   NNC     16,441,008     

VMTP Series 2017

    1,250   
Preferred Income Term   JPI     22,752,777     

N/A

       
Preferred Income Opportunities   JPC     96,888,528     

N/A

       
Quality Preferred   JTP     64,658,447     

N/A

       
Quality Preferred 2   JPS     120,393,013     

N/A

       
Quality Preferred 3   JHP     23,670,657     

N/A

       
Real Asset   JRI     9,780,250     

N/A

       
Real Estate Income   JRS     28,892,471     

N/A

       
S&P Buy-Write   BXMX     103,554,549     

N/A

       
S&P Dynamic Overwrite   SPXX     16,152,579     

N/A

       
Senior Income   NSL     38,626,872     

VRTP Series C-4

    580   
Short Duration   JSD     10,095,286     

N/A

       
Tax-Advantaged Dividend   JTD     14,484,340     

N/A

       
Tax-Advantaged Return   JTA     13,843,146     

N/A

       
Virginia Premium   NPV     17,933,247     

VRDP Series 1

    1,280   

 

(1) The Common Shares of all of the Funds are listed on the NYSE, except Missouri Premium, New York Value 2 and Real Estate Income, which are listed on the NYSE MKT.

1. Election of Board Members

Pursuant to the organizational documents of each Fund, each Board is divided into three classes, Class I, Class II and Class III, to be elected by the holders of the outstanding Common Shares and any outstanding Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class to serve until the third succeeding annual meeting subsequent to their election or thereafter, in each case until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. For Connecticut Premium, Floating Rate Income, Floating Rate Income Opportunity, Georgia Dividend 2, Intermediate Duration, Intermediate Duration Quality, Maryland Premium, Minnesota Municipal, Missouri Premium, New York AMT-Free, North Carolina Premium, Senior Income and Virginia Premium, each Fund with Preferred Shares outstanding, under normal circumstances, holders of Preferred Shares are entitled to elect two (2) Board Members. The Board Members elected by holders of Preferred Shares will be elected to serve until the next annual meeting or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.

 

  (a)

For All Cap Energy, Core Equity, Credit Strategies, Diversified Dividend, Energy MLP, Flexible Investment, Global Equity, Mortgage Opportunity, Mortgage Opportunity 2, Multi-Market Income, New York Value 2, New York Value, Preferred Income, Quality Preferred, Quality Preferred 2, Quality Preferred 3, Real Asset, Real Estate Income, S&P Buy-Write, S&P Dynamic Overwrite, Tax-Advantaged Dividend and Tax-Advantaged Return: three (3) Board Members are to be elected by all shareholders. Board Members Evans, Schneider and Schreier have been designated as Class III Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2018 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Members Adams, Hunter,

 

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Kundert, Nelson, Stockdale, Stone, Stringer and Toth are current and continuing Board Members. Board Members Hunter, Stockdale, Stone and Stringer have been designated as Class I Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2016 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Members Adams, Kundert, Nelson and Toth have been designated as Class II Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2017 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.

 

  (b) For Preferred Income Term and Short Duration: seven (7) Board Members are to be elected by all shareholders. Board Members Adams, Kundert, Nelson and Toth have been designated as Class II Board Members and as nominees for Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2017 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Members Evans, Schneider and Schreier have been designated as Class III Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2018 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Members Hunter, Stockdale, Stone and Stringer are current and continuing Board Members and have been designated as Class I Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2016 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.

 

  (c) For Intermediate Duration, Intermediate Duration Quality, Minnesota Municipal and New York AMT-Free:

 

  (i) two (2) Board Members are to be elected by holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class. Board Members Evans and Schreier have been designated as Class III Board Members and as nominees for Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2018 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Members Adams, Kundert, Nelson, Stockdale, Stone, Stringer and Toth are current and continuing Board Members. Board Members Stockdale, Stone and Stringer have been designated as Class I Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2016 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Members Adams, Kundert, Nelson and Toth have been designated as Class II Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2017 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.

 

  (ii) two (2) Board Members are to be elected by holders of Preferred Shares, voting separately as a single class. Board Members Hunter and Schneider are nominees for election by holders of Preferred Shares for a term expiring at the next annual meeting or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.

 

  (d) For Connecticut Premium, Floating Rate Income, Floating Rate Income Opportunity, Georgia Dividend Fund 2, Maryland Premium, Missouri Premium, North Carolina Premium, Senior Income Fund and Virginia Premium:

 

  (i)

six (6) Board Members are to be elected by holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class. Board Members Adams, Kundert, Nelson and Toth have been designated as Class II Board Members and as nominees for Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2017 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Members Evans and Schreier have been designated as Class III Board

 

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Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2018 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Members Stockdale, Stone and Stringer are current and continuing Board Members and have been designated as Class I Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2016 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.

 

  (ii) two (2) Board Members are to be elected by holders of Preferred Shares, voting separately as a single class. Board Members Hunter and Schneider are nominees for election by holders of Preferred Shares for a term expiring at the next annual meeting or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.

It is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed proxy to vote the shares represented thereby for the election of the nominees listed in the table below unless the proxy is marked otherwise. Each of the nominees has agreed to serve as a Board Member of each Fund if elected. However, should any nominee become unable or unwilling to accept nomination for election, the proxies will be voted for substitute nominees, if any, designated by that Fund’s present Board.

For Core Equity, Credit Strategies, Diversified Dividend, Energy MLP, Global Equity, Mortgage Opportunity, Mortgage Opportunity 2, New York Value 2, New York Value, Preferred Income Opportunities, Quality Preferred, Quality Preferred 2, Quality Preferred 3, Real Asset, Real Estate, S&P Buy-Write, S&P Dynamic Overwrite, Tax-Advantaged Dividend and Tax-Advantaged Return, Board Members Hunter, Stockdale, Stone and Stringer were last elected to each Fund’s Board as Class I Board Members at the annual meeting of shareholders held on April 3, 2013. For New York AMT-Free, Board Members Stockdale, Stone and Stringer were last elected to each Fund’s Board as Class I Board Members at the annual meeting of shareholders held on August 7, 2013. For Connecticut Premium, Floating Rate Income, Floating Rate Income Opportunity, Georgia Dividend 2, Maryland Premium, Missouri Premium, North Carolina Premium, Preferred Income Term, Senior Income, Short Duration and Virginia Premium Board Members Stockdale, Stone and Stringer were last elected to each Fund’s Board as Class I Board Members at the annual meeting of shareholders held on November 26, 2013.

For New York AMT-Free, Board Members Kundert and Toth were last elected to the Fund’s Board as Class II Board Members at the annual meeting of shareholders held on May 6, 2011. For Connecticut Premium, Floating Rate Income, Floating Rate Income Opportunity, Georgia Dividend 2, Maryland Premium, Missouri Premium, North Carolina Premium, Senior Income and Virginia Premium, Board Members Kundert and Toth were last elected to each Fund’s Board as Class II Board Members at the annual meeting of shareholders held on November 15, 2011, adjourned to December 26, 2011 for Maryland Premium, Missouri Premium and Virginia Premium and adjourned to January 31, 2012 for Connecticut Premium, Georgia Dividend 2 and North Carolina Premium. For Credit Strategies, Flexible Investment, Intermediate Duration, Intermediate Duration Quality, Preferred Income Opportunities, Quality Preferred, Quality Preferred 2 and Quality Preferred 3, Board Members Adams, Kundert, Nelson and Toth were last elected to each Fund’s Board as Class II Board Members at the annual meeting of shareholders held on April 11, 2014. For Core Equity, Diversified Dividend, Energy MLP, Global Equity, Mortgage Opportunity, Mortgage Opportunity 2, New York Value 2, New York Value, Real Asset, Real Estate Income, S&P Dynamic Overwrite, Senior Income, Tax-Advantaged Dividend and Tax-Advantaged Return, Board Members Adams, Kundert, Nelson and Toth were last elected to each Fund’s Board as Class II Board Members at the special meeting of

 

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shareholders held on August 5, 2014. For S&P Buy-Write, Board Members Adams, Kundert, Nelson and Toth were last elected to the Fund’s Board as Class II Board Members at the special meeting of shareholders held on September 19, 2014. For Connecticut Premium, Floating Rate Income, Floating Rate Income Opportunity, Georgia Dividend 2, Maryland Premium, Missouri Premium, New York AMT-Free, North Carolina Premium, Preferred Income Term, Senior Income, Short Duration and Virginia Premium, Mr. Adams and Mr. Nelson were appointed as Board Members and designated as Class II Board Members on September 1, 2013.

For Core Equity, Credit Strategies, Diversified Dividend, Global Equity, Mortgage Opportunity, Mortgage Opportunity 2, New York Value 2, New York Value, Preferred Income Opportunities, Real Estate Income, Quality Preferred, Quality Preferred 2, Quality Preferred 3, S&P Buy-Write, S&P Dynamic Overwrite, Senior Income, Tax-Advantaged Dividend and Tax-Advantaged Return, Board Members Evans and Schneider were last elected to each Fund’s Board as Class III Board Members at the annual meeting of shareholders held on March 30, 2012, adjourned to May 8, 2012 for New York Value. For New York AMT-Free, Mr. Evans was last elected to the Fund’s Board as a Class III Board Member at the annual meeting of shareholders held on March 30, 2012, adjourned to May 8, 2012. For Connecticut Premium, Floating Rate Income, Floating Rate Income Opportunity, Georgia Dividend 2, Maryland Premium, Missouri Premium, North Carolina Premium, Senior Income and Virginia Premium, Mr. Evans was last elected to each Fund’s Board as a Class III Board Member at the annual meeting of shareholders held on November 14, 2012, adjourned to December 14, 2012. For Connecticut Premium, Credit Strategies, Flexible Investment, Floating Rate Income, Floating Rate Income Opportunity, Georgia Dividend 2, Intermediate Duration, Intermediate Duration Quality, Maryland Premium, Missouri Premium, North Carolina Premium, Preferred Income Term, Preferred Income Opportunities, Quality Preferred, Quality Preferred 2, Quality Preferred 3, Senior Income, Short Duration, S&P Buy-Write and Virginia Premium, Mr. Schreier was last elected to each Fund’s Board as a Class III Board Member at the special meeting of shareholders held on August 5, 2014. For Core Equity, Diversified Dividend, Energy MLP, Global Equity, Mortgage Opportunity, Mortgage Opportunity 2, New York AMT-Free, New York Value 2, New York Value, Real Estate Income, S&P Buy-Write, S&P Dynamic Overwrite, Tax-Advantaged Dividend and Tax-Advantaged Return, Mr. Schreier was appointed as a Board Member and designated as a Class III Board Member on September 1, 2013.

For Intermediate Duration and Intermediate Duration Quality, Board Members Hunter and Schneider were last elected to each Fund’s Board at the annual meeting of shareholders held on April 11, 2014. For Connecticut Premium, Georgia Dividend 2, Maryland Premium, Missouri Premium, North Carolina Premium and Virginia Premium, Board Members Hunter and Schneider were last elected to each Fund’s Board at the annual meeting of shareholders held on November 26, 2013. For Floating Rate Income, Floating Rate Income Opportunity and Senior Income, Mr. Hunter was last elected to each Fund’s Board at the annual meeting of shareholders held on November 26, 2013 and Mr. Schneider was last elected to each Fund’s Board at the annual meeting of shareholders held on November 14, 2012, adjourned to December 14, 2012.

For Flexible Investment, Board Members Evans, Hunter, Schneider, Stockdale, Stone and Stringer were appointed by the initial shareholder of the Fund on June 25, 2013. For Intermediate Duration and Intermediate Duration Quality, Board Members Evans, Stockdale, Stone and Stringer were appointed by the initial shareholder of the Funds on December 5, 2012 and February 7, 2013, respectively. For Preferred Income Term, Board Members Evans, Kundert,

 

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Schneider and Toth were appointed by the initial shareholder of the Fund on July 26, 2012. For Short Duration, Board Members Kundert and Toth were appointed by the initial shareholder of the Fund on May 23, 2011.

For All Cap Energy, each Board Member was appointed by the initial shareholder of the Fund on March 26, 2014. For Minnesota Municipal, each Board Member was appointed by the predecessor board of the Fund on October 3, 2014. For Multi-Market Income, each Board Member was appointed by the initial trustee of the Fund on June 18, 2014.

Other than Messrs. Adams and Schreier, all Board Member nominees are not “interested persons,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), of the Funds or the Adviser, Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (“Adviser”), and have never been an employee or director of Nuveen, the Adviser’s parent company, or any affiliate. Accordingly, such Board Members are deemed “Independent Board Members.”

The Board unanimously recommends that shareholders vote FOR the election of the nominees.

Board Nominees/Board Members

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held with
Fund
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served(1)
   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by  Board
Member
  Other
Directorships
Held by
Board
Member
During the
Past  Five
Years
Nominees/Board Members who are not “interested persons” of the Funds

William J. Schneider(2)

c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

1944

  Chairman of the Board; Board Member  

Term: Annual or Class III Board Member until 2015 annual shareholder meeting

 

Length of Service: Since 1996, Chairman of the Board Since July 1, 2013

   Chairman of Miller-Valentine Partners, a real estate investment company; Board Member of Med-America Health System, of Tech Town, Inc., a not-for-profit community development company, and of WDPR Public Radio Station; formerly, Senior Partner and Chief Operating Officer (retired, 2004) of Miller-Valentine Group; formerly, Director, Dayton Development Coalition; formerly, Board Member, Business Advisory Council, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank and University of Dayton Business School Advisory Council.   195   None

 

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Name, Address
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held with
Fund
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served(1)
   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by  Board
Member
  Other
Directorships
Held by
Board
Member
During the
Past  Five
Years

Jack B. Evans

c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

1948

  Board Member  

Term: Annual or Class III Board Member until 2015 annual shareholder meeting

 

Length of Service: Since 1999

   President, The Hall-Perrine Foundation, a private philanthropic corporation (since 1996); Director, Source Media Group; Life Trustee of Coe College and Iowa College Foundation; formerly, Director, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; formerly, President and Chief Operating Officer, SCI Financial Group, Inc., a regional financial services firm; formerly, Member and President Pro Tem of the Board of Regents for the State of Iowa University System.   195   Director and Chairman, United Fire Group, a publicly held company; formerly, Director, Alliant Energy.

William C. Hunter

c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

1948

  Board Member  

Term: Annual or Class I Board Member until 2016 annual shareholder meeting

 

Length of Service: Since 2004

   Dean Emeritus (since June 30, 2012), formerly, Dean (2006-2012), Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa; Director (since 2005) and President (since July 2012), Beta Gamma Sigma, Inc., The International Business Honor Society; Director of Wellmark, Inc. (since 2009); formerly, Director (1997-2007), Credit Research Center at Georgetown University; formerly, Dean and Distinguished Professor of Finance, School of Business at the University of Connecticut (2003-2006); previously, Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (1995-2003).   195   Director (since 2004) of Xerox Corporation.

 

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Name, Address
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held with
Fund
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served(1)
   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by  Board
Member
  Other
Directorships
Held by
Board
Member
During the
Past  Five
Years

David J. Kundert

c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

1942

  Board Member  

Term: Class II Board Member until 2017 annual shareholder meeting(3)

 

Length of Service: Since 2005

   Formerly, Director, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company (2006-2013); retired (since 2004) as Chairman, JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management, President and CEO, Banc One Investment Advisors Corporation, and President, One Group Mutual Funds; prior thereto, Executive Vice President, Bank One Corporation and Chairman and CEO, Banc One Investment Management Group; Regent Emeritus, Member of Investment Committee, Luther College; Member of the Wisconsin Bar Association; Member of Board of Directors and Chair of Investment Committee, Greater Milwaukee Foundation; Member of the Board of Directors (Milwaukee), College Possible.   195   None

 

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Name, Address
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held with
Fund
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served(1)
   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by  Board
Member
  Other
Directorships
Held by
Board
Member
During the
Past  Five
Years

John K. Nelson

c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

1962

  Board Member  

Term: Class II Board Member until 2017 annual shareholder meeting(3)

 

Length of Service: Since 2013

   Senior external advisor to the financial services practice of Deloitte Consulting LLP (since 2012); Member of Board of Directors of Core12 LLC (since 2008), a private firm which develops branding, marketing and communications strategies for clients; Director of The Curran Center for Catholic American Studies (since 2009) and The President’s Council, Fordham University (since 2010); formerly, Chief Executive Officer of ABN AMRO N.V. North America, and Global Head of its Financial Markets Division (2007-2008); prior senior positions held at ABN AMRO include Corporate Executive Vice President and Head of Global Markets — the Americas (2006-2007), CEO of Wholesale Banking — North America and Global Head of Foreign Exchange and Futures Markets (2001-2006), and Regional Commercial Treasurer and Senior Vice President Trading — North America (1996-2001); formerly, Trustee at St. Edmund Preparatory School in New York City; formerly, Chair of the Board of Trustees of Marian University (2011-2014).   195   None

 

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Name, Address
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held with
Fund
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served(1)
   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by  Board
Member
  Other
Directorships
Held by
Board
Member
During the
Past  Five
Years

Judith M. Stockdale

c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

1947

  Board Member  

Term: Class I Board Member until 2016 annual shareholder meeting

 

Length of Service: Since 1997

   Board Member of the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (since 2013); Board Member of the Land Trust Alliance (since 2013); formerly, Executive Director (1994-2012), Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; prior thereto, Executive Director, Great Lakes Protection Fund (1990-1994).   195   None

Carole E. Stone

c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

1947

  Board Member  

Term: Class I Board Member until 2016 annual shareholder meeting

 

Length of Service: Since 2007

   Director, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. (since 2006); Director, C2 Options Exchange, Incorporated (since 2009); formerly, Commissioner, New York State Commission on Public Authority Reform (2005-2010); formerly, Chair, New York Racing Association Oversight Board (2005-2007).   195  

Director,

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (since 2010).

Virginia L. Stringer

c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc. 333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

1944

  Board Member  

Term: Class I Board Member until 2016 annual shareholder meeting

 

Length of Service: Since 2011

   Board Member, Mutual Fund Directors Forum; former Member, Governing Board, Investment Company Institute’s Independent Directors Council; Governance consultant and non-profit board member; former Owner and President, Strategic Management Resources, Inc., a management consulting firm; previously, held several executive positions in general management, marketing and human resources at IBM and The Pillsbury Company.   195   Previously, Independent Director (1987-2010) and Chair (1997-2010), First American Fund Complex.

 

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Name, Address
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held with
Fund
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served(1)
   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by  Board
Member
  Other
Directorships
Held by
Board
Member
During the
Past  Five
Years

Terence J. Toth(4)

c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

1959

  Board Member  

Term: Class II Board Member until 2017 annual shareholder meeting(3)

 

Length of Service: Since 2008

   Managing Partner, Promus Capital (since 2008); Director, Fulcrum IT Service LLC (since 2010), Quality Control Corporation (since 2012) and LogicMark LLC (since 2012); formerly, Director, Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. (2008-2013); formerly, CEO and President, Northern Trust Global Investments (2004-2007); Executive Vice President, Quantitative Management & Securities Lending (2000-2004); prior thereto, various positions with Northern Trust Company (since 1994); Member, Chicago Fellowship Board (since 2005), Catalyst Schools of Chicago Board (since 2008) and Mather Foundation Board (since 2012) and a member of its investment committee; formerly, Member, Northern Trust Mutual Funds Board (2005-2007), Northern Trust Global Investments Board (2004-2007), Northern Trust Japan Board (2004-2007), Northern Trust Securities Inc. Board (2003-2007) and Northern Trust Hong Kong Board (1997-2004).   195   None

 

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Name, Address
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held with
Fund
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served(1)
   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by  Board
Member
  Other
Directorships
Held by
Board
Member
During the
Past  Five
Years
Nominees/Board Members who are “interested persons” of the Funds

William Adams IV(5)

c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

1955

  Board Member  

Term: Class II Board Member until 2017 annual shareholder meeting(3)

 

Length of Service: Since 2013

   Senior Executive Vice President, Global Structured Products (since 2010), formerly, Executive Vice President, U.S. Structured Products (1999-2010) of Nuveen Investments, Inc.; Co-President of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (since 2011); President (since 2011), formerly, Managing Director (2010-2011), of Nuveen Commodities Asset Management, LLC; Board Member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and of Gilda’s Club Chicago.   195   None

Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.(5)

c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

1962

  Board Member  

Term: Class III Board Member until 2015 annual shareholder meeting

 

Length of Service: Since 2013

   Vice Chairman, Wealth Management of Nuveen Investments, Inc. (since 2011); Co-President of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC; Chairman of Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (since 2011); Co-Chief Executive Officer of Nuveen Securities, LLC (since 2011); Member of the Board of Governors and Chairman’s Council of the Investment Company Institute; formerly, Chief Executive Officer (2000-2010) and Chief Investment Officer (2007-2010) of FAF Advisors, Inc.; formerly, President of First American Funds (2001-2010).   195   None

 

(1) Length of Time Served indicates the year in which the individual became a Board Member of a fund in the Nuveen fund complex.
(2) Mr. Schneider is one of several owners and managing members in two limited liability companies and a general partner and one member of the governing body of a general partnership, each engaged in real estate ownership activities. In connection with their ordinary course of investment activities, court appointed receivers have been named for certain individual properties owned by such entities. The individual properties for which a receiver has been appointed represent an immaterial portion of the portfolio assets owned by these entities.
(3) The Class II Board Members of Connecticut Premium, Floating Rate Income, Floating Rate Income Opportunity, Georgia Dividend 2, Maryland Premium, Missouri Premium, North Carolina Premium, Preferred Income Term, Senior Income, Short Duration and Virginia Premium are nominees at the Annual Meeting and, if elected, will serve until the 2017 annual shareholder meeting.

 

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(4) Mr. Toth serves as a director on the Board of Directors of the Mather Foundation (the “Foundation”) and is a member of its investment committee. The Foundation is the parent of the Mather LifeWays organization, a non-profit charitable organization. Prior to Mr. Toth joining the Board of the Foundation, the Foundation selected Gresham Investment Management (“Gresham”), an affiliate of the Adviser, to manage a portion of the Foundation’s investment portfolio, and pursuant to this selection, the Foundation has invested that portion of its investment portfolio in a private commodity pool managed by Gresham.
(5) Each of Messrs. Adams and Schreier is an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act by reason of his respective position(s) with Nuveen Investments, Inc. and/or certain of its subsidiaries.

In order to create an appropriate identity of interests between Board Members and shareholders, the Boards of Directors/Trustees of the Nuveen funds have adopted a governance principle pursuant to which each Board Member is expected to invest, either directly or on a deferred basis, at least the equivalent of one year of compensation in the funds in the Nuveen fund complex.

The dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned by each Board Member in each Fund and all Nuveen funds overseen by the Board Member as of December 31, 2014 is set forth in Appendix A. The number of shares of each Fund beneficially owned by each Board Member and by the Board Members and officers of the Funds as a group as of December 31, 2014 is also set forth in Appendix A. On December 31, 2014, Board Members and executive officers as a group beneficially owned approximately 1,400,000 shares of all funds managed by the Adviser (including shares held by the Board Members through the Deferred Compensation Plan for Independent Board Members and by executive officers in Nuveen’s 401(k)/profit sharing plan). As of February 9, 2015, each Board Member’s individual beneficial shareholdings of each Fund constituted less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. As of February 9, 2015, the Board Members and executive officers as a group beneficially owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of each Fund. As of February 9, 2015, no shareholder beneficially owned more than 5% of any class of shares of any Fund, except as provided in Appendix B.

Compensation

Prior to January 1, 2015, each Independent Board Member received a $150,000 annual retainer plus: (a) a fee of $5,000 per day for attendance in person or by telephone at regularly scheduled meetings of the Board; (b) a fee of $3,000 per meeting for attendance in person or by telephone at special, non-regularly scheduled meetings of the Board where in-person attendance was required and $2,000 per meeting for attendance by telephone or in person at such meetings where in-person attendance was not required; (c) a fee of $2,500 per meeting for attendance in person or by telephone at Audit Committee meetings where in-person attendance was required and $2,000 per meeting for attendance by telephone or in person at such meetings where in-person attendance was not required; (d) a fee of $2,500 per meeting for attendance in person or by telephone at Compliance, Risk Management and Regulatory Oversight Committee meetings where in-person attendance was required and $2,000 per meeting for attendance by telephone or in person at such meetings where in-person attendance was not required; (e) a fee of $1,000 per meeting for attendance in person or by telephone at Dividend Committee meetings; (f) a fee of $2,500 per meeting for attendance in person or by telephone at Closed-End Funds Committee meetings where in-person attendance was required and $2,000 per meeting for attendance by telephone or in person at such meetings where in-person attendance was not required, provided that no fees were received for meetings held on days on which regularly scheduled Board meetings were held; and (g) a fee of $500 per meeting for attendance in person or by telephone at all other committee meetings ($1,000 for shareholder meetings) where in-person attendance was required and $250 per

 

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meeting for attendance by telephone or in person at such committee meetings (excluding shareholder meetings) where in-person attendance was not required, and $100 per meeting when the Executive Committee acted as pricing committee for IPOs, plus, in each case, expenses incurred in attending such meetings, provided that no fees were received for meetings held on days on which regularly scheduled Board meetings were held. In addition to the payments described above, the Chairman of the Board received $75,000, the chairpersons of the Audit Committee, the Dividend Committee, the Compliance, Risk Management and Regulatory Oversight Committee and the Closed-End Funds Committee received $12,500 each and the chairperson of the Nominating and Governance Committee received $5,000 as additional annual retainers. Independent Board Members also received a fee of $3,000 per day for site visits to entities that provide services to the Nuveen funds on days on which no Board meeting was held. When ad hoc committees were organized, the Nominating and Governance Committee at the time of formation determined compensation to be paid to the members of such committees; however, in general, such fees were $1,000 per meeting for attendance in person or by telephone at ad hoc committee meetings where in-person attendance was required and $500 per meeting for attendance by telephone or in person at such meetings where in-person attendance was not required. The annual retainer, fees and expenses were allocated among the Nuveen funds on the basis of relative net assets, although management might have, in its discretion, established a minimum amount to be allocated to each fund.

Effective January 1, 2015, Independent Board Members receive a $160,000 annual retainer plus: (a) a fee of $5,250 per day for attendance in person or by telephone at regularly scheduled meetings of the Board; (b) a fee of $3,000 per meeting for attendance in person or by telephone at special, non-regularly scheduled meetings of the Board where in-person attendance is required and $2,000 per meeting for attendance by telephone or in person at such meetings where in-person attendance is not required; (c) a fee of $2,500 per meeting for attendance in person or by telephone at Audit Committee meetings where in-person attendance is required and $2,000 per meeting for attendance by telephone or in person at such meetings where in-person attendance is not required; (d) a fee of $2,500 per meeting for attendance in person or by telephone at Compliance, Risk Management and Regulatory Oversight Committee meetings where in-person attendance is required and $2,000 per meeting for attendance by telephone or in person at such meetings where in-person attendance is not required; (e) a fee of $1,000 per meeting for attendance in person or by telephone at Dividend Committee meetings; (f) a fee of $2,500 per meeting for attendance in person or by telephone at Closed-End Funds Committee meetings where in-person attendance is required and $2,000 per meeting for attendance by telephone or in person at such meetings where in-person attendance is not required, provided that no fees are received for meetings held on days on which regularly scheduled Board meetings are held; and (g) a fee of $500 per meeting for attendance in person or by telephone at all other committee meetings ($1,000 for shareholder meetings) where in-person attendance is required and $250 per meeting for attendance by telephone or in person at such committee meetings (excluding shareholder meetings) where in-person attendance is not required, and $100 per meeting when the Executive Committee acts as pricing committee for IPOs, plus, in each case, expenses incurred in attending such meetings, provided that no fees are received for meetings held on days on which regularly scheduled Board meetings are held. In addition to the payments described above, the Chairman of the Board receives $75,000, the chairpersons of the Audit Committee, the Dividend Committee, the Compliance, Risk Management and Regulatory Oversight Committee and the Closed-End Funds Committee receive $12,500 each and the chairperson of the Nominating and

 

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Governance Committee receives $5,000 as additional annual retainers. Independent Board Members also receive a fee of $3,000 per day for site visits to entities that provide services to the Nuveen funds on days on which no Board meeting is held. When ad hoc committees are organized, the Nominating and Governance Committee will at the time of formation determine compensation to be paid to the members of such committee; however, in general, such fees will be $1,000 per meeting for attendance in person or by telephone at ad hoc committee meetings where in-person attendance is required and $500 per meeting for attendance by telephone or in person at such meetings where in-person attendance is not required. The annual retainer, fees and expenses are allocated among the Nuveen funds on the basis of relative net assets, although management may, in its discretion, establish a minimum amount to be allocated to each fund.

The Funds do not have retirement or pension plans. Certain Nuveen funds (the “Participating Funds”) participate in a deferred compensation plan (the “Deferred Compensation Plan”) that permits an Independent Board Member to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of his or her compensation as an Independent Board Member. The deferred compensation of a participating Independent Board Member is credited to a book reserve account of the Participating Fund when the compensation would otherwise have been paid to such Independent Board Member. The value of the Independent Board Member’s deferral account at any time is equal to the value that the account would have had if contributions to the account had been invested and reinvested in shares of one or more of the eligible Nuveen funds. At the time for commencing distributions from an Independent Board Member’s deferral account, the Independent Board Member may elect to receive distributions in a lump sum or over a period of five years. The Participating Fund will not be liable for any other fund’s obligations to make distributions under the Deferred Compensation Plan.

Other than Energy MLP, the Funds have no employees. The officers of the Funds and the Board Members of each Fund who are not Independent Board Members serve without any compensation from the Funds.

 

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The table below shows, for each Independent Board Member, the aggregate compensation paid by each Fund to each Board Member nominee for its last fiscal year.

 

Aggregate Compensation from the Funds(*)  
Fund Name   Jack B.
Evans
    William C.
Hunter
    David J.
Kundert
    John  K.
Nelson(1)
    William J.
Schneider
    Judith M.
Stockdale
    Carole E.
Stone
    Virginia L.
Stringer
    Terence J.
Toth
 
                 

All Cap Energy(2)

  $ 1,475      $ 1,417      $ 440      $ 398      $ 505      $ 1,439      $ 441      $ 398      $ 1,457   

Connecticut Premium

    826        745        876        429        1,078        850        857        754        885   

Core Equity

    780        712        765        689        890        739        716        687        771   

Credit Strategies

    5,105        4,559        4,992        3,706        6,178        4,827        5,036        4,531        5,213   

Diversified Dividend

    1,064        950        1,020        920        1,181        985        954        917        1,026   

Energy MLP

    4,897        3,821        3,099        2,739        3,673        4,660        3,037        2,729        4,847   

Flexible Investment

    254        226        241        185        297        241        247        224        258   

Floating Rate Income

    2,727        2,432        2,652        1,994        3,329        2,621        2,683        2,414        2,776   

Floating Rate Income Opportunity

    1,905        1,699        1,851        1,394        2,324        1,830        1,874        1,686        1,938   

Georgia Dividend 2

    575        526        568        303        682        566        592        532        611   

Global Equity

    1,060        972        1,048        949        1,164        999        967        946        1,037   

Intermediate Duration

    2,103        1,897        2,227        1,096        2,624        2,045        2,179        1,919        2,250   

Intermediate Duration Quality

    599        547        591        317        711        590        617        554        637   

Maryland Premium

    1,368        1,234        1,450        708        1,707        1,330        1,418        1,248        1,464   

Minnesota Municipal

    —          —            —          —          —          —          —          —     

Missouri Premium

    131        119        129        69        155        129        135        121        139   

Mortgage Opportunity

    1,518        1,388        1,493        1,344        1,736        1,441        1,397        1,339        1,503   

Mortgage Opportunity 2

    460        420        429        407        524        441        445        405        460   

Multi-Market Income(3)

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —          —     

New York AMT-Free

    4,772        4,362        4,826        3,579        5,854        4,707        4,775        4,287        4,956   

New York Value 2

    96        88        93        72        114        94        96        87        100   

New York Value

    393        360        382        295        468        385        392        354        408   

North Carolina Premium

    958        864        1,015        500        1,250        986        993        874        1,025   

 

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Aggregate Compensation from the Funds(*)  
Fund Name   Jack B.
Evans
    William C.
Hunter
    David J.
Kundert
    John K.
Nelson(1)
    William J.
Schneider
    Judith M.
Stockdale
    Carole E.
Stone
    Virginia L.
Stringer
    Terence J.
Toth
 
                 

Preferred Income Term

  $ 2,091      $ 1,872      $ 2,044      $ 1,526      $ 2,520      $ 1,979      $ 2,063      $ 1,861      $ 2,135   

Preferred Income Opportunities

    3,692        3,303        3,605        2,699        4,446        3,493        3,641        3,284        3,767   

Quality Preferred

    2,099        1,873        2,050        1,523        2,537        1,984        2,069        1,862        2,143   

Quality Preferred 2

    4,170        3,722        4,073        3,028        5,040        3,941        4,111        3,700        4,257   

Quality Preferred 3

    799        713        780        580        965        755        788        709        816   

Real Asset

    769        705        757        683        877        731        709        680        762   

Real Estate Income

    1,196        1,065        1,143        1,030        1,326        1,104        1,071        1,026        1,152   

S&P Buy-Write

    4,439        4,008        4,299        3,897        4,885        4,135        4,007        3,883        4,288   

S&P Dynamic Overwrite

    781        705        756        686        860        727        705        683        754   

Senior Income

    1,136        1,013        1,105        831        1,387        1,092        1,118        1,006        1,157   

Short Duration

    738        659        723        534        894        698        729        655        755   

Tax-Advantaged Dividend

    1,355        1,272        1,371        1,244        1,509        1,304        1,262        1,241        1,351   

Tax-Advantaged Return

    815        727        781        704        905        754        730        702        785   

Virginia Premium

    1,009        910        1,069        522        1,259        1,027        1,046        921        1,080   

Total Compensation from Nuveen Funds Paid to Board Members/Nominees

  $ 316,080      $ 286,000      $ 305,850      $ 275,500      $ 353,138      $ 299,890      $ 287,819      $ 279,500      $ 313,964   

 

(1) Mr. Nelson was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Nuveen Funds effective September 1, 2013.
(2) The Fund commenced operations on March 27, 2014.
(3) The Fund became a fund of the Nuveen Fund complex on September 8, 2014 and, as a result, the Independent Board Members did not receive any compensation from the Fund during its last fiscal year.

 

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(*) Includes deferred fees. Pursuant to a deferred compensation agreement with certain Participating Funds, deferred amounts are treated as though an equivalent dollar amount has been invested in shares of one or more Participating Funds. Total deferred fees for the Participating Funds (including the return from the assumed investment in the Participating Funds) payable are:

 

Fund Name

 

Jack B.
Evans

   

William C.
Hunter

   

David J.
Kundert

   

John K.
Nelson

   

William J.
Schneider

   

Judith M.
Stockdale

   

Carole E.
Stone

   

Virginia L.
Stringer

   

Terence J.
Toth

 
                 

All Cap Energy

  $ 147      $ —        $ 440      $ —        $ 505      $ 426      $ 222      $ —        $ 728   

Connecticut Premium

    151        —          876        —          1,078        75        437        —          288   

Core Equity

    95        —          765        —          890        159        340        —          332   

Credit Strategies

    766        —          4,992        —          6,178        724        2,542        —          1,967   

Diversified Dividend

    130        —          1,020        —          1,181        213        453        —          443   

Energy MLP

    650        —          3,099        —          3,673        970        1,540        —          2089   

Floating Rate Income

    403        —          2,652        —          3,329        404        1,354        —          1,062   

Floating Rate Income Opportunity

    281        —          1,851        —          2,324        283        945        —          743   

Global Equity

    151        —          1,048        —          1,164        160        461        —          403   

Intermediate Duration

    385        —          2,227        —          2,624        156        1,111        —          733   

Maryland Premium

    251        —          1,450        —          1,707        100        723        —          476   

Mortgage Opportunity

    184        —          1,493        —          1,736        309        663        —          647   

New York AMT-Free

    708        —          4,826        —          5,854        711        2,401        —          1,879   

North Carolina Premium

    175        —          1,015        —          1,250        87        506        —          334   

Preferred Income Term

    312        —          2,044        —          2,520        303        1,041        —          811   

Preferred Income Opportunities

    549        —          3,605        —          4,446        539        1,837        —          1,434   

Quality Preferred

    314        —          2,050        —          2,537        300        1,045        —          811   

Quality Preferred 2

    624        —          4,073        —          5,040        597        2,076        —          1,611   

Quality Preferred 3

    119        —          780        —          965        114        398        —          309   

Real Asset

    93        —          757        —          877        158        336        —          329   

Real Estate Income

    146        —          1,143        —          1,326        242        508        —          500   

S&P Buy-Write

    536        —          4,299        —          4,885        920        1,902        —          1,870   

S&P Dynamic Overwrite

    94        —          756        —          860        162        335        —          329   

Senior Income

    168        —          1,105        —          1,387        168        564        —          443   

Short Duration

    111        —          723        —          894        103        368        —          284   

Tax-Advantaged Dividend

    194        —          1,371        —          1,509        200        601        —          519   

Tax-Advantaged Return

    100        —          781        —          905        163        346        —          339   

Virginia Premium

    185        —          1,069        —          1,259        74        533        —          351   

 

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Board Leadership Structure and Risk Oversight

The Board of each Fund oversees the operations and management of the Fund, including the duties performed for the Fund by the Adviser. The Board has adopted a unitary board structure. A unitary board consists of one group of directors who serve on the board of every fund in the complex. In adopting a unitary board structure, the Board Members seek to provide effective governance through establishing a board, the overall composition of which will, as a body, possess the appropriate skills, independence and experience to oversee the Funds’ business. With this overall framework in mind, when the Board, through its Nominating and Governance Committee discussed below, seeks nominees for the Board, the Board Members consider, not only the candidate’s particular background, skills and experience, among other things, but also whether such background, skills and experience enhance the Board’s diversity and at the same time complement the Board given its current composition and the mix of skills and experiences of the incumbent Board Members. The Nominating and Governance Committee believes that the Board generally benefits from diversity of background, experience and views among its members, and considers this a factor in evaluating the composition of the Board, but has not adopted any specific policy on diversity or any particular definition of diversity.

The Board believes the unitary board structure enhances good and effective governance, particularly given the nature of the structure of the investment company complex. Funds in the same complex generally are served by the same service providers and personnel and are governed by the same regulatory scheme which raises common issues that must be addressed by the Board Members across the fund complex (such as compliance, valuation, liquidity, brokerage, trade allocation or risk management). The Board believes it is more efficient to have a single board review and oversee common policies and procedures which increases the Board’s knowledge and expertise with respect to the many aspects of fund operations that are complex-wide in nature. The unitary structure also enhances the Board’s influence and oversight over the Adviser and other service providers.

In an effort to enhance the independence of the Board, the Board also has a Chairman that is an Independent Board Member. The Board recognizes that a chairman can perform an important role in setting the agenda for the Board, establishing the boardroom culture, establishing a point person on behalf of the Board for Fund management, and reinforcing the Board’s focus on the long-term interests of shareholders. The Board recognizes that a chairman may be able to better perform these functions without any conflicts of interests arising from a position with Fund management. Accordingly, the Board Members have elected William J. Schneider as the independent Chairman of the Board. Specific responsibilities of the Chairman include: (i) presiding at all meetings of the Board and of the shareholders; (ii) seeing that all orders and resolutions of the Board Members are carried into effect; and (iii) maintaining records of and, whenever necessary, certifying all proceedings of the Board Members and the shareholders.

Although the Board has direct responsibility over various matters (such as advisory contracts, underwriting contracts and Fund performance), the Board also exercises certain of its oversight responsibilities through several committees that it has established and which report back to the full Board. The Board believes that a committee structure is an effective means to permit Board Members to focus on particular operations or issues affecting the Funds, including risk oversight. More specifically, with respect to risk oversight, the Board has delegated

 

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matters relating to valuation and compliance to certain committees (as summarized below) as well as certain aspects of investment risk. In addition, the Board believes that the periodic rotation of Board Members among the different committees allows the Board Members to gain additional and different perspectives of a Fund’s operations. The Board has established six standing committees: the Executive Committee, the Dividend Committee, the Audit Committee, the Compliance, Risk Management and Regulatory Oversight Committee, the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Closed-End Funds Committee. The Board may also from time to time create ad hoc committees to focus on particular issues as the need arises. The membership and functions of the standing committees are summarized below.

Executive Committee. The Executive Committee, which meets between regular meetings of the Board, is authorized to exercise all of the powers of the Board. The members of the Executive Committee are William J. Schneider, Chair, William Adams IV and Judith M. Stockdale. The number of Executive Committee meetings of each Fund held during its last fiscal year is shown in Appendix C.

Dividend Committee. The Dividend Committee is authorized to declare distributions on each Fund’s shares including, but not limited to, regular and special dividends, capital gains and ordinary income distributions. As of January 1, 2015, the members of the Dividend Committee are William C. Hunter, Chair, Jack B. Evans, Judith M. Stockdale and Terence J. Toth. The number of Dividend Committee meetings of each Fund held during its last fiscal year is shown in Appendix C.

Audit Committee. The Board has an Audit Committee, in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“1934 Act”), that is composed of Independent Board Members who are also “independent” as that term is defined in the listing standards pertaining to closed-end funds of the NYSE or NYSE MKT, as applicable. The Audit Committee assists the Board in: the oversight and monitoring of the accounting and reporting policies, processes and practices of the Funds, and the audits of the financial statements of the Funds; the quality and integrity of the financial statements of the Funds; the Funds’ compliance with legal and regulatory requirements relating to the Funds’ financial statements; the independent auditors’ qualifications, performance and independence; and the pricing procedures of the Funds and the internal valuation group of Nuveen. It is the responsibility of the Audit Committee to select, evaluate and replace any independent auditors (subject only to Board and, if applicable, shareholder ratification) and to determine their compensation. The Audit Committee is also responsible for, among other things, overseeing the valuation of securities comprising the Funds’ portfolios. Subject to the Board’s general supervision of such actions, the Audit Committee addresses any valuation issues, oversees the Funds’ pricing procedures and actions taken by Nuveen’s internal valuation group which provides regular reports to the Audit Committee, reviews any issues relating to the valuation of the Funds’ securities brought to its attention, and considers the risks to the Funds in assessing the possible resolutions of these matters. The Audit Committee may also consider any financial risk exposures for the Funds in conjunction with performing its functions.

To fulfill its oversight duties, the Audit Committee receives annual and semi-annual reports and has regular meetings with the external auditors for the Funds and the internal audit group at Nuveen. The Audit Committee also may review, in a general manner, the processes the Board or other Board committees have in place with respect to risk assessment and risk management as well as compliance with legal and regulatory matters relating to the Funds’ financial statements. The Audit Committee operates under a written Audit Committee Charter (the

 

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“Charter”) adopted and approved by the Board, which Charter conforms to the listing standards of the NYSE or NYSE MKT, as applicable. Members of the Audit Committee are independent (as set forth in the Charter) and free of any relationship that, in the opinion of the Board Members, would interfere with their exercise of independent judgment as an Audit Committee member. The members of the Audit Committee are Jack B. Evans, Chair, David J. Kundert, John K. Nelson, Carole E. Stone and Terence J. Toth, each of whom is an Independent Board Member of the Funds. A copy of the Charter is available at www.nuveen.com/CEF/Shareholder/FundGovernance.aspx. The number of Audit Committee meetings of each Fund held during its last fiscal year is shown in Appendix C.

Compliance, Risk Management and Regulatory Oversight Committee. The Compliance, Risk Management and Regulatory Oversight Committee (the “Compliance Committee”) is responsible for the oversight of compliance issues, risk management and other regulatory matters affecting the Funds that are not otherwise under or within the jurisdiction of the other committees. The Board has adopted and periodically reviews policies and procedures designed to address the Funds’ compliance and risk matters. As part of its duties, the Compliance Committee: reviews the policies and procedures relating to compliance matters and recommends modifications thereto as necessary or appropriate to the full Board; develops new policies and procedures as new regulatory matters affecting the Funds arise from time to time; evaluates or considers any comments or reports from examinations from regulatory authorities and responses thereto; and performs any special reviews, investigations or other oversight responsibilities relating to risk management, compliance and/or regulatory matters as requested by the Board.

In addition, the Compliance Committee is responsible for risk oversight, including, but not limited to, the oversight of risks related to investments and operations. Such risks include, among other things, exposures to: particular issuers, market sectors, or types of securities; risks related to product structure elements, such as leverage; and techniques that may be used to address those risks, such as hedging and swaps. In assessing issues brought to the Compliance Committee’s attention or in reviewing a particular policy, procedure, investment technique or strategy, the Compliance Committee evaluates the risks to the Funds in adopting a particular approach or resolution compared to the anticipated benefits to the Funds and their shareholders. In fulfilling its obligations, the Compliance Committee meets on a quarterly basis, and at least once a year in person. The Compliance Committee receives written and oral reports from the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and meets privately with the CCO at each of its quarterly meetings. The CCO also provides an annual report to the full Board regarding the operations of the Funds’ and other service providers’ compliance programs as well as any recommendations for modifications thereto. The Compliance Committee also receives reports from the investment services group of Nuveen regarding various investment risks. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the full Board also participates in discussions with management regarding certain matters relating to investment risk, such as the use of leverage and hedging. The investment services group therefore also reports to the full Board at its quarterly meetings regarding, among other things, Fund performance and the various drivers of such performance. Accordingly, the Board directly and/or in conjunction with the Compliance Committee oversees matters relating to investment risks. Matters not addressed at the committee level are addressed directly by the full Board. The Compliance Committee operates under a written charter adopted and approved by the Board. The members of the Compliance Committee are Virginia L. Stringer, Chair, William C. Hunter, John K. Nelson and Judith M. Stockdale. The number of Compliance Committee meetings of each Fund held during its last fiscal year is shown in Appendix C.

 

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Nominating and Governance Committee. The Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for seeking, identifying and recommending to the Board qualified candidates for election or appointment to the Board. In addition, the Nominating and Governance Committee oversees matters of corporate governance, including the evaluation of Board performance and processes, the assignment and rotation of committee members, and the establishment of corporate governance guidelines and procedures, to the extent necessary or desirable, and matters related thereto. Although the unitary and committee structure has been developed over the years and the Nominating and Governance Committee believes the structure has provided efficient and effective governance, the committee recognizes that, as demands on the Board evolve over time (such as through an increase in the number of funds overseen or an increase in the complexity of the issues raised), the committee must continue to evaluate the Board and committee structures and their processes and modify the foregoing as may be necessary or appropriate to continue to provide effective governance. Accordingly, the Nominating and Governance Committee has a separate meeting each year to, among other things, review the Board and committee structures, their performance and functions, and recommend any modifications thereto or alternative structures or processes that would enhance the Board’s governance over the Funds’ business.

In addition, the Nominating and Governance Committee, among other things: makes recommendations concerning the continuing education of Board Members; monitors performance of legal counsel and other service providers; establishes and monitors a process by which security holders are able to communicate in writing with Board Members; and periodically reviews and makes recommendations about any appropriate changes to Board Member compensation. In the event of a vacancy on the Board, the Nominating and Governance Committee receives suggestions from various sources, including shareholders, as to suitable candidates. Suggestions should be sent in writing to Lorna Ferguson, Manager of Fund Board Relations, Nuveen Investments, 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606. The Nominating and Governance Committee sets appropriate standards and requirements for nominations for new Board Members and each nominee is evaluated using the same standards. However, the Nominating and Governance Committee reserves the right to interview any and all candidates and to make the final selection of any new Board Members. In considering a candidate’s qualifications, each candidate must meet certain basic requirements, including relevant skills and experience, time availability (including the time requirements for due diligence site visits to internal and external sub-advisers and service providers) and, if qualifying as an Independent Board Member candidate, independence from the Adviser, sub-advisers, underwriters or other service providers, including any affiliates of these entities. These skill and experience requirements may vary depending on the current composition of the Board, since the goal is to ensure an appropriate range of skills, diversity and experience, in the aggregate. Accordingly, the particular factors considered and weight given to these factors will depend on the composition of the Board and the skills and backgrounds of the incumbent Board Members at the time of consideration of the nominees. All candidates, however, must meet high expectations of personal integrity, independence, governance experience and professional competence. All candidates must be willing to be critical within the Board and with management and yet maintain a collegial and collaborative manner toward other Board Members. The Nominating and Governance Committee operates under a written charter adopted and approved by the Board, a copy of which is available on the Funds’ website at www.nuveen.com/CEF/Shareholder/FundGovernance.aspx, and is composed entirely of Independent Board Members, who are also “independent” as defined by NYSE or NYSE MKT listing standards, as

 

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applicable. Accordingly, the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee are William J. Schneider, Chair, Jack B. Evans, William C. Hunter, David J. Kundert, John K. Nelson, Judith M. Stockdale, Carole E. Stone, Virginia L. Stringer and Terence J. Toth. The number of Nominating and Governance Committee meetings of each Fund held during its last fiscal year is shown in Appendix C.

Closed-End Funds Committee. The Closed-End Funds Committee is responsible for assisting the Board in the oversight and monitoring of the Nuveen funds that are registered as closed-end management investment companies (“Closed-End Funds”). The committee may review and evaluate matters related to the formation and the initial presentation to the Board of any new Closed-End Fund and may review and evaluate any matters relating to any existing Closed-End Fund. The committee operates under a written charter adopted and approved by the Board. The members of the Closed-End Funds Committee are Carole E. Stone, Chair, William Adams IV, Jack B. Evans, William C. Hunter, John K. Nelson and William J. Schneider. The number of Closed-End Funds Committee meetings of each Fund held during its last fiscal year is shown in Appendix C.

The number of regular quarterly meetings and special meetings held by the Board of each Fund during the Fund’s last fiscal year is shown in Appendix C. During the last fiscal year, each Board Member attended 75% or more of each Fund’s Board meetings and the committee meetings (if a member thereof) held during the period for which such Board Member was a Board Member. The policy of the Board relating to attendance by Board Members at annual meetings of the Funds and the number of Board Members who attended the last annual meeting of shareholders of each Fund is posted on the Funds’ website at www.nuveen.com/CEF/Shareholder/Fund Governance.aspx.

Board Diversification and Board Member Qualifications. In determining that a particular Board Member was qualified to serve on the Board, the Board considered each Board Member’s background, skills, experience and other attributes in light of the composition of the Board with no particular factor controlling. The Board believes that Board Members need to have the ability to critically review, evaluate, question and discuss information provided to them, and to interact effectively with Fund management, service providers and counsel, in order to exercise effective business judgment in the performance of their duties, and the Board believes each Board Member satisfies this standard. An effective Board Member may achieve this ability through his or her educational background; business, professional training or practice; public service or academic positions; experience from service as a board member or executive of investment funds, public companies or significant private or not-for-profit entities or other organizations; and/or other life experiences. Accordingly, set forth below is a summary of the experiences, qualifications, attributes, and skills that led to the conclusion, as of the date of this document, that each Board Member should serve in that capacity. References to the experiences, qualifications, attributes and skills of Board Members are pursuant to requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), do not constitute holding out the Board or any Board Member as having any special expertise or experience and shall not impose any greater responsibility or liability on any such person or on the Board by reason thereof.

William Adams IV

Mr. Adams, an interested Board Member of the Funds, has been Senior Executive Vice President, Global Structured Products of Nuveen Investments since November 2010. Mr. Adams

 

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has also served as Co-President of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC since January 2011. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President, U.S. Structured Products from December 1999 until November 2010 and served as Managing Director of Structured Investments from September 1997 to December 1999 and Vice President and Manager, Corporate Marketing from August 1994 to September 1997. Mr. Adams earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University and his Masters of Business Administration (“MBA”) from the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business. He is an Associate Fellow of Yale’s Timothy Dwight College and is currently on the Board of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and of Gilda’s Club Chicago.

Jack B. Evans

President of the Hall-Perrine Foundation, a private philanthropic corporation, since 1996, Mr. Evans was formerly President and Chief Operating Officer of the SCI Financial Group, Inc., a regional financial services firm headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Formerly, he was a member of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, a Director of Alliant Energy and a Member and President Pro Tem of the Board of Regents for the State of Iowa University System. Mr. Evans is Chairman of the Board of United Fire Group, sits on the Board of the Source Media Group and is a Life Trustee of Coe College. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Coe College and an MBA from the University of Iowa.

William C. Hunter

Mr. Hunter became Dean Emeritus of the Henry B. Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa on June 30, 2012. He was appointed Dean of the College on July 1, 2006. He was previously Dean and Distinguished Professor of Finance at the University of Connecticut School of Business from 2003 to 2006. From 1995 to 2003, he was the Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. While there he served as the Bank’s Chief Economist and was an Associate Economist on the Federal Reserve System’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). In addition to serving as a Vice President in charge of financial markets and basic research at the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta, he held faculty positions at Emory University, Atlanta University, the University of Georgia and Northwestern University. A past Director of the Credit Research Center at Georgetown University and past President of the Financial Management Association International, he has consulted with numerous foreign central banks and official agencies in Western, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Central America and South America. From 1990 to 1995, he was a U.S. Treasury Advisor to Central and Eastern Europe. He has been a Director of the Xerox Corporation since 2004 and Wellmark, Inc. since 2009. He is Director and President of Beta Gamma Sigma, Inc., The International Business Honor Society.

David J. Kundert

Mr. Kundert retired in 2004 as Chairman of JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management, and as President and CEO of Banc One Investment Advisors Corporation, and as President of One Group Mutual Funds. Prior to the merger between Bank One Corporation and JPMorgan Chase and Co., he was Executive Vice President, Bank One Corporation and, since 1995, the Chairman and CEO, Banc One Investment Management Group. From 1988 to 1992, he was President and CEO of Bank One Wisconsin Trust Company. Mr. Kundert recently retired as a Director of the Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company (2006-2013). He started

 

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his career as an attorney for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Mr. Kundert has served on the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute and he is currently a member of the Wisconsin Bar Association. He is on the Board of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and chairs its Investment Committee. He is a Regent Emeritus and a Member of the Investment Committee of Luther College. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors (Milwaukee), College Possible. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Luther College and his Juris Doctor from Valparaiso University.

John K. Nelson

Mr. Nelson is currently a senior external advisor to the financial services practice of Deloitte Consulting LLP. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Core12 LLC (since 2008), a private firm which develops branding, marketing, and communications strategies for clients. Mr. Nelson has served in several senior executive positions with ABN AMRO Holdings N.V. and its affiliated entities and predecessors, including LaSalle Bank Corporation from 1996 to 2008. From 2007 to 2008, Mr. Nelson was Chief Executive Officer of ABN AMRO N.V. North America, and Global Head of its Financial Markets Division. He was a member of the Foreign Exchange Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States and, during his tenure with ABN AMRO, served as the bank’s representative on various committees of the Bank of Canada, European Central Bank, and the Bank of England. At Fordham University, he currently serves as a director of The Curran Center for Catholic American Studies, and The President’s Council. He is also a member of The Economic Club of Chicago and The Hyde Park Angels, and was formerly a Trustee at St. Edmund Preparatory School in New York City and is former chair of the Board of Trustees of Marian University. Mr. Nelson graduated and received his MBA from Fordham University.

William J. Schneider

Mr. Schneider, the Board’s Independent Chairman, is currently Chairman, formerly Senior Partner and Chief Operating Officer (retired, December 2004) of Miller-Valentine Partners, a real estate investment company. He is an owner in several other Miller-Valentine entities. He is currently a member of the Boards of Tech Town, Inc., a not-for-profit community development corporation, of WDPR Public Radio Station and of Med-America Health System. He was formerly a Director and Past Chair of the Dayton Development Coalition. He was formerly a member of the Community Advisory Board of the National City Bank in Dayton as well as a former member of the Business Advisory Council of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank. Mr. Schneider was also a member of the Business Advisory Council for the University of Dayton College of Business. He also served as Chair of the Miami Valley Hospital and as Chair of the Finance Committee of its parent holding company. Mr. Schneider was an independent trustee of the Flagship Funds, a group of municipal open-end funds. Mr. Schneider has a Bachelor of Science in Community Planning from the University of Cincinnati and a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Dayton.

Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.

Mr. Schreier, an interested Board Member of the Funds, has been Vice Chairman, Wealth Management of Nuveen Investments since January 2011. Mr. Schreier has also served as Co-President of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC since January 2011. Until Nuveen Investments’

 

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acquisition of FAF Advisors on January 1, 2011, Mr. Schreier was Chief Executive Officer of FAF Advisors from November 2000, Chief Investment Officer of FAF Advisors from September 2007 and President of First American Funds from February 2001 to December 2010. From 1998 to November 2000, Mr. Schreier served as Senior Managing Director and Head of Equity Research for U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray, Inc. He received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from Harvard University. Mr. Schreier is a member of the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute and is on its Chairman’s Council. He has also served as director, chairman of the finance committee, and member of the audit committee for Pinnacle Airlines Corp. Mr. Schreier is former chairman of the Saint Thomas Academy Board of Trustees, a founding investor of Granite Global Ventures, and a member of the Applied Investment Management Advisory Board for the University of Notre Dame.

Judith M. Stockdale

Ms. Stockdale retired at the end of 2012 as Executive Director of the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, a private foundation working in land conservation and artistic vitality in the Chicago region and the Lowcountry of South Carolina. She is currently a board member of the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (since 2013) and rejoined the board of the Land Trust Alliance in June 2013. Her previous positions include Executive Director of the Great Lakes Protection Fund, Executive Director of Openlands and Senior Staff Associate at the Chicago Community Trust. She has served on the Boards of the National Zoological Park, the Governor’s Science Advisory Council (Illinois), the Nancy Ryerson Ranney Leadership Grants Program, Friends of Ryerson Woods and the Donors Forum. Ms. Stockdale, a native of the United Kingdom, has a Bachelor of Science degree in geography from the University of Durham (UK) and a Master of Forest Science degree from Yale University.

Carole E. Stone

Ms. Stone retired from the New York State Division of the Budget in 2004, having served as its Director for nearly five years and as Deputy Director from 1995 through 1999. Ms. Stone is currently on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, CBOE Holdings, Inc. and C2 Options Exchange, Incorporated. She has also served as the Chair of the New York Racing Association Oversight Board, as Chair of the Public Authorities Control Board, as a Commissioner on the New York State Commission on Public Authority Reform and as a member of the boards of directors of several New York State public authorities. Ms. Stone has a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Skidmore College.

Virginia L. Stringer

Ms. Stringer served as the independent chair of the Board of the First American Fund Complex from 1997 to 2010, having joined such Board in 1987. Ms. Stringer serves on the Board of the Mutual Fund Directors Forum. She is a recipient of the Outstanding Corporate Director award from Twin Cities Business Monthly and the Minnesota Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors. Ms. Stringer is the past board chair of the Oak Leaf Trust, director and former Chair of the Saint Paul Riverfront Corporation and also served as President of the Minneapolis Club’s Governing Board. She is a director and former board chair of the Minnesota Opera and a Life Trustee and former board member of the Voyageur Outward Bound School. She also served as a trustee of Outward Bound USA. She was appointed by the Governor of

 

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Minnesota to the Board on Judicial Standards and also served on a Minnesota Supreme Court Judicial Advisory Committee to reform the state’s judicial disciplinary process. She is a member of the International Women’s Forum and attended the London Business School as an International Business Fellow. Ms. Stringer recently served as board chair of the Human Resource Planning Society, the Minnesota Women’s Campaign Fund and the Minnesota Women’s Economic Roundtable. Ms. Stringer is the retired founder of Strategic Management Resources, a consulting practice focused on corporate governance, strategy and leadership. She has twenty-five years of corporate experience, having held executive positions in general management, marketing and human resources with IBM and the Pillsbury Company.

Terence J. Toth

Mr. Toth is a Managing Partner of Promus Capital (since 2008). From 2008 to 2013, he served as a Director of Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. From 2004 to 2007, he was Chief Executive Officer and President of Northern Trust Global Investments, and Executive Vice President of Quantitative Management & Securities Lending from 2000 to 2004. He also formerly served on the Board of the Northern Trust Mutual Funds. He joined Northern Trust in 1994 after serving as Managing Director and Head of Global Securities Lending at Bankers Trust (1986 to 1994) and Head of Government Trading and Cash Collateral Investment at Northern Trust from 1982 to 1986. He currently serves on the Boards of Chicago Fellowship, Fulcrum IT Service LLC (since 2010), Quality Control Corporation (since 2012) and LogicMark LLC (since 2012), and is Chairman of the Board of Catalyst Schools of Chicago. He is on the Mather Foundation Board (since 2012) and is a member of its investment committee. Mr. Toth graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois, and received his MBA from New York University. In 2005, he graduated from the CEO Perspectives Program at Northwestern University.

Board Member Terms. For each Fund, shareholders will be asked to elect Board Members as each Board Member’s term expires, and with respect to Board Members elected by holders of Common Shares such Board Member shall be elected for a term expiring at the time of the third succeeding annual meeting subsequent to their election or thereafter in each case when their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. These provisions could delay for up to two years the replacement of a majority of the Board.

 

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The Officers

The following table sets forth information with respect to each officer of the Funds. Officers receive no compensation from the Funds. The officers are elected by the Board on an annual basis to serve until successors are elected and qualified.

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held
with Fund
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served(1)
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years(2)
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Served by
Officer(2)

Gifford R. Zimmerman

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

1956

  Chief Administrative Officer  

Term: Annual

 

Length of Service: Since 1988

  Managing Director (since 2002) and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Securities, LLC; Managing Director (since 2002), Assistant Secretary (since 1997) and Co-General Counsel (since 2011) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC; Managing Director (since 2004) and Assistant Secretary (since 1994) of Nuveen Investments, Inc.; Managing Director, Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel of Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (since 2011); Vice President and Assistant Secretary of NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC and Nuveen Investments Advisers Inc. (since 2002); Managing Director, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Symphony Asset Management LLC (since 2003); Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC (since 2006) and of Winslow Capital Management, LLC (since 2010); Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since 2013), formerly, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Compliance Officer (2006-2013) of Nuveen Commodities Asset Management, LLC; Chartered Financial Analyst.   196

Cedric H. Antosiewicz

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

1962

  Vice President  

Term: Annual

Length of Service: Since 2007

  Managing Director (since 2004) of Nuveen Securities LLC; Managing Director (since 2014) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC.   89

 

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Name, Address
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held
with Fund
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served(1)
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years(2)
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Served by
Officer(2)

Margo L. Cook

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

1964

  Vice President  

Term: Annual

Length of Service: Since 2009

  Executive Vice President (since 2008) of Nuveen Investments, Inc., Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (since 2011) and Nuveen Securities, LLC (since 2013); Managing Director - Investment Services of Nuveen Commodities Asset Management, LLC (since 2011); previously, Head of Institutional Asset Management (2007-2008) of Bear Stearns Asset Management; Chartered Financial Analyst.   196

Lorna C. Ferguson

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

1945

  Vice President  

Term: Annual

Length of Service: Since 1998

  Managing Director of Nuveen Investments Holdings, Inc.   196

Stephen D. Foy

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

1954

  Vice President and Controller  

Term: Annual

Length of Service: Since 1993

  Managing Director (since 2014), formerly, Senior Vice President (2013-2014) and Vice President of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC; Chief Financial Officer of Nuveen Commodities Asset Management, LLC (since 2010); Certified Public Accountant.   196

 

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Name, Address
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held
with Fund
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served(1)
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years(2)
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Served by
Officer(2)

Scott S. Grace

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

1970

  Vice President and Treasurer  

Term: Annual

Length of Service: Since 2009

  Managing Director and Treasurer (since 2009) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC, Nuveen Investments Advisers Inc., Nuveen Investments Holdings, Inc., Nuveen Securities, LLC and (since 2011) Nuveen Asset Management, LLC; Vice President and Treasurer of NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC, Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC, Symphony Asset Management LLC and Winslow Capital Management, LLC; Vice President of Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC; formerly, Treasurer (2006-2009), Senior Vice President (2008-2009), of Janus Capital Group, Inc.; Chartered Accountant Designation.   196

Walter M. Kelly

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

1970

  Chief Compliance Officer and Vice President  

Term: Annual

Length of Service: Since 2003

  Senior Vice President (since 2008) of Nuveen Investments Holdings, Inc.   196

Tina M. Lazar

333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606

1961

  Vice President  

Term: Annual

Length of Service: Since 2002

  Senior Vice President of Nuveen Investments Holdings, Inc. and Nuveen Securities, LLC.   196

 

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Name, Address
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held
with Fund
  Term of Office and Length of
Time
Served(1)
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years(2)
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Served by
Officer(2)

Kevin J. McCarthy

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

1966

  Vice President and Secretary  

Term: Annual

Length of Service: Since 2007

  Managing Director and Assistant Secretary (since 2008) of Nuveen Securities, LLC and Nuveen Investments, Inc.; Managing Director (since 2008), Assistant Secretary (since 2007) and Co-General Counsel (since 2011) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC; Managing Director, Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel (since 2011) of Nuveen Asset Management, LLC; Managing Director (since 2008) and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Investments Holdings, Inc. and Nuveen Investments Advisers Inc.; Vice President (since 2007) and Assistant Secretary of NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC, Symphony Asset Management LLC, Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC and (since 2010) Winslow Capital Management, LLC; Vice President (since 2010) and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Commodities Asset Management, LLC.   196

Kathleen L. Prudhomme

901 Marquette Avenue

Minneapolis, MN 55402

1953

  Vice President and Assistant Secretary  

Term: Annual

Length of Service: Since 2011

  Managing Director and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Securities, LLC (since 2011); Managing Director, Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel (since 2011) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC; Managing Director, Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel (since 2011) of Nuveen Asset Management, LLC; formerly, Deputy General Counsel, FAF Advisors, Inc. (2004-2010).   196

 

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Name, Address
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held
with Fund
  Term of Office and Length of
Time
Served(1)
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years(2)
   
 
 
 
 
 
Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Served by
Officer(2)
 
 
 
 
 
  

Joel T. Slager

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

1978

  Vice President and Assistant Secretary  

Term: Annual

Length of Service: Since August 2013

  Fund Tax Director for Nuveen Funds (since 2013); previously, Vice President of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc., Assistant Treasurer of the Morgan Stanley Funds (from 2010 to 2013).     196   

 

(1) 

Length of Time Served indicates the year the individual became an officer of a fund in the Nuveen fund complex.

(2) 

Information as of January 31, 2015.

Audit Committee Report

The Audit Committee of each Board is responsible for the oversight and monitoring of (1) the accounting and reporting policies, processes and practices, and the audit of the financial statements, of each Fund, (2) the quality and integrity of the Funds’ financial statements and (3) the independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications, performance and independence. In its oversight capacity, the Audit Committee reviews each Fund’s annual financial statements with both management and the independent registered public accounting firm and the committee meets periodically with the independent registered public accounting firm and internal auditors to consider their evaluation of each Fund’s financial and internal controls. The Audit Committee also selects, retains, evaluates and may replace each Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee is currently composed of five Independent Board Members and operates under a written charter adopted and approved by each Board. Each Audit Committee member meets the independence and experience requirements, as applicable, of the NYSE, NYSE MKT, LLC, Section 10A of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC.

The Audit Committee, in discharging its duties, has met with and held discussions with management and each Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee has also reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements with management. Management has represented to the independent registered public accounting firm that each Fund’s financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Audit Committee has also discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards (“SAS”) No. 114 (The Auditor’s Communication With Those Charged With Governance), which supersedes SAS No. 61 (Communication with Audit Committees). Each Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm provided to the Audit Committee the written disclosure required by Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Rule 3526 (Communications with Audit Committees Concerning Independence), and the Audit Committee discussed with representatives of the independent registered public accounting firm their firm’s independence. As provided in the Audit Committee Charter, it is not the Audit Committee’s responsibility to

 

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determine, and the considerations and discussions referenced above do not ensure, that each Fund’s financial statements are complete and accurate and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Based on the Audit Committee’s review and discussions with management and the independent registered public accounting firm, the representations of management and the report of the independent registered public accounting firm to the Audit Committee, the Audit Committee has recommended that the audited financial statements be included in each Fund’s Annual Report.

The current members of the Committee are:

Jack B. Evans

David J. Kundert

John K. Nelson

Carole E. Stone

Terence J. Toth

 

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Audit and Related Fees. The following tables provide the aggregate fees billed during each Fund’s last two fiscal years by each Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm for engagements directly related to the operations and financial reporting of each Fund including those relating (i) to each Fund for services provided to the Fund and (ii) to the Adviser and certain entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Adviser that provide ongoing services to each Fund (“Adviser Entities”).

 

     Audit Fees(1)      Audit Related Fees(2)      Tax Fees(3)      All Other Fees(4)  
     Fund      Fund      Adviser and
Adviser Entitles
     Fund      Adviser and
Adviser Entitles
     Fund      Adviser and
Adviser Entitles
 
      Fiscal
Year
Ended
2013
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2014
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2013
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2014
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2013
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2014
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2013
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2014
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2013
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2014
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2013
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2014
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2013
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2014
 

All Cap Energy(5)

   $ 0       $ 52,839       $ 0       $ 5,000       $ 0       $ 0       $ 0       $ 8,000       $ 0       $ 0       $ 0       $ 0       $ 0       $ 0   

Connecticut Premium

     22,250         24,750         0         0         0         0         0         673         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Core Equity

     29,372         30,640         0         0         0         0         3,250         810         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Credit Strategies

     28,250         29,500         0         10,000         0         0         2,000         2,200         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Diversified Dividend

     33,750         34,500         0         0         0         0         2,500         0         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Energy MLP

     54,221         56,652         1,000         0         0         0         110,100         46,610         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Flexible Investment(6)

     12,650         26,250         0         6,000         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Floating Rate Income

     28,250         29,500         8,000         5,500         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         18,000         0         0   

Floating Rate Income Opportunity

     28,250         29,500         16,000         5,500         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         18,000         0         0   

Georgia Dividend 2

     22,250         24,750         0         0         0         0         0         673         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Global Equity

     30,616         31,767         0         0         0         0         5,205         11,351         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Intermediate Duration

     22,250         24,750         6,000         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Intermediate Duration Quality

     18,500         24,750         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Maryland Premium

     22,250         24,750         4,000         0         0         0         0         673         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Minnesota Municipal(7)

     0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Missouri Premium

     22,250         24,750         0         0         0         0         0         673         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Mortgage Opportunity

     46,823         48,526         0         0         0         0         79,208         97,275         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Mortgage Opportunity 2

     45,171         46,799         0         0         0         0         76,332         93,990         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Multi-Market Income(8)

     47,775         46,875         2,813         1,050         0         0         6,381         4,763         0         0         0         0         0         0   

New York AMT-Free

     22,250         22,500         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0   

New York Value 2

     19,500         20,500         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0   

New York Value

     19,500         20,500         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0   

North Carolina Premium

     22,250         24,750         0         0         0         0         0         673         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Preferred Income Term

     25,300         26,250         6,000         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Preferred Income Opportunities

     25,300         26,250         0         0         0         0         2,000         2,200         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Quality Preferred

     25,300         26,250         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0   

 

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     Audit Fees(1)      Audit Related Fees(2)      Tax Fees(3)      All Other Fees(4)  
     Fund      Fund      Adviser and
Adviser Entitles
     Fund      Adviser and
Adviser Entitles
     Fund      Adviser and
Adviser Entitles
 
      Fiscal
Year
Ended
2013
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2014
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2013
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2014
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2013
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2014
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2013
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2014
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2013
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2014
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2013
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2014
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2013
     Fiscal
Year
Ended
2014
 

Quality Preferred 2

   $ 25,300       $ 26,250       $ 0       $ 0       $ 0       $ 0       $ 0       $ 0       $ 0       $ 0       $ 0       $ 0       $ 0       $ 0   

Quality Preferred 3

     25,300         26,250         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Real Asset

     25,300         25,500         0         0         0         0         5,200         0         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Real Estate Income

     25,300         25,500         5,000         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0   

S&P Buy-Write(9)

     28,323         29,492         0         6,000         0         0         3,250         810         0         0         0         0         0         0   

S&P Dynamic Overwrite(10)

     27,188         28,280         0         0         0         0         3,250         810         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Senior Income

     28,250         29,500         16,000         5,500         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         18,000         0         0   

Short Duration

     28,250         29,500         0         5,000         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Tax-Advantaged Dividend

     25,300         25,500         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Tax-Advantaged Return

     28,250         28,500         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0   

Virginia Premium

     22,250         24,750         4,000         6,500         0         0         0         673         0         0         0         0         0         0   

 

(1) “Audit Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for professional services for the audit of the Fund’s annual financial statements and services provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.
(2) “Audit Related Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of financial statements that are not reported under “Audit Fees”. These fees include offerings related to the Fund’s common shares and leverage.
(3) “Tax Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for professional services for tax advice, tax compliance, and tax planning. These fees include: all global withholding tax services; excise and state tax reviews; capital gain, tax equalization and taxable basis calculation performed by the principal accountant.
(4) “All Other Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for products and services other than “Audit Fees”, “Audit-Related Fees” and “Tax Fees”. These fees represent all “Agreed-Upon Procedures” engagements pertaining to the Fund’s use of leverage.
(5) The Fund commenced operations on March 27, 2014.
(6) The Fund commenced operations on June 25, 2013.
(7) The Fund commenced operations on October 6, 2014.
(8) In May 2014, the Fund changed its fiscal year end from August 31 to June 30 and, as a result, the information provided for 2014 is for the 10-month period ended June 30, 2014. Additionally, the Fund became a fund of the Nuveen fund complex on September 8, 2014.
(9) The Fund acquired Nuveen Equity Premium Opportunity Fund and changed its name and ticker symbol from Nuveen Equity Premium Income Fund (JPZ) to Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income Fund (BXMX), effective December 22, 2014.
(10) The Fund changed its name and ticker symbol from Nuveen Equity Premium and Growth Fund (JPG) to Nuveen S&P 500 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (SPXX), effective December 22, 2014.

 

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     Total Non-Audit Fees
Billed to Fund
    Total Non-Audit Fees
Billed  to Advisers and
Adviser Entities
(Engagements Related
Directly to the
Operations and
Financial Reporting
of Fund)
    Total Non-Audit
Fees Billed  to
Advisers and
Adviser Entities
(All Other
Engagements)
    Total  
    Fiscal
Year
Ended
2013
    Fiscal
Year
Ended
2014
    Fiscal
Year
Ended
2013
    Fiscal
Year
Ended
2014
    Fiscal
Year
Ended
2013
    Fiscal
Year
Ended
2014
    Fiscal
Year
Ended
2013
    Fiscal
Year
Ended
2014
 

All Cap Energy

  $ 0      $ 8,000      $ 0      $ 0      $ 0      $ 0      $ 0      $ 8,000   

Connecticut Premium

    0        673        0        0        0        0        0        673   

Core Equity

    3,250        810        0        0        0        0        3,250        810   

Credit Strategies

    2,000        2,200        0        0        0        0        2,000        2,200   

Diversified Dividend

    2,500        0        0        0        0        0        2,500        0   

Energy MLP

    110,100        46,610        0        0        0        0        110,100        46,610   

Flexible Investment

    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0   

Floating Rate Income

    0        18,000        0        0        0        0        0        18,000   

Floating Rate Income Opportunity

    0        18,000        0        0        0        0        0        18,000   

Georgia Dividend 2

    0        673        0        0        0        0        0        673   

Global Equity

    5,205        11,351        0        0        0        0        5,205        11,351   

Intermediate Duration

    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0   

Intermediate Duration Quality

    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0   

Maryland Premium

    0        673        0        0        0        0        0        673   

Minnesota Municipal

    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0   

Missouri Premium

    0        673        0        0        0        0        0        673   

Mortgage Opportunity

    79,208        97,275        0        0        0        0        79,208        97,275   

Mortgage Opportunity 2

    76,332        93,990        0        0        0        0        76,332        93,990   

Multi-Market Income

    36,381        140,000        0        0        0        0        36,381        140,000   

New York AMT-Free

    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0   

New York Value 2

    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0   

New York Value

    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0   

North Carolina Premium

    0        673        0        0        0        0        0        673   

Preferred Income Term

    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0   

Preferred Income Opportunities

    2,000        2,200        0        0        0        0        2,000        2,200   

Quality Preferred

    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0   

Quality Preferred 2

    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0   

Quality Preferred 3

    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0   

Real Asset

    5,200        0        0        0        0        0        5,200        0   

Real Estate Income

    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0   

S&P Buy-Write

    3,250        810        0        0        0        0        3,250        810   

S&P Dynamic Overwrite

    3,250        810        0        0        0        0        3,250        810   

Senior Income

    0        18,000        0        0        0        0        0        18,000   

Short Duration

    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0   

Tax-Advantaged Dividend

    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0   

Tax-Advantaged Return

    0        0        0        0        0        0        0        0   

Virginia Premium

    0        673        0        0        0        0        0        673   

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures. Generally, the Audit Committee must approve each Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm’s engagements (i) with the Fund for audit or non-audit services and (ii) with the Adviser and Adviser Entities for non-audit services if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. Regarding tax and research projects conducted by the independent

 

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registered public accounting firm for each Fund and the Adviser and Adviser Entities (with respect to the operations and financial reporting of each Fund), such engagements will be (i) pre-approved by the Audit Committee if they are expected to be for amounts greater than $10,000; (ii) reported to the Audit Committee chairman for his verbal approval prior to engagement if they are expected to be for amounts under $10,000 but greater than $5,000; and (iii) reported to the Audit Committee at the next Audit Committee meeting if they are expected to be for an amount under $5,000.

The Audit Committee has approved in advance all audit services and non-audit services that the independent registered public accounting firm provided to each Fund and to the Adviser and Adviser Entities (with respect to the operations and financial reporting of each Fund). None of the services rendered by the independent registered public accounting firm to each Fund or the Adviser or Adviser Entities were pre-approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the pre-approval exception under Rule 2.01(c)(7)(i)(C) or Rule 2.01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X.

Additional Information

Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of each Fund, except All Cap Energy, Core Equity, Energy MLP, Global Equity, Mortgage Opportunity, Mortgage Opportunity 2, Multi-Market Income, S&P Buy-Write and S&P Dynamic Overwrite has appointed KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) as independent registered public accounting firm to audit the books and records of the Fund for its current fiscal year. For All Cap Energy, Core Equity, Energy MLP, Global Equity, Mortgage Opportunity, Mortgage Opportunity 2, Multi-Market Income, S&P Buy-Write and S&P Dynamic Overwrite, the Board of each Fund has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as independent registered public accounting firm to audit the books and records of the Fund for its current fiscal year. A representative of each of KPMG and PwC will be present at the Annual Meetings to make a statement, if such representative so desires, and to respond to shareholders’ questions. Each of KPMG and PwC has informed each applicable Fund that it has no direct or indirect material financial interest in the Funds, Nuveen, the Adviser or any other investment company sponsored by Nuveen.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Interest Reporting Compliance

Section 30(h) of the 1940 Act and Section 16(a) of the 1934 Act require Board Members and officers, the Adviser, affiliated persons of the Adviser and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of a Fund’s equity securities to file forms reporting their affiliation with that Fund and reports of ownership and changes in ownership of that Fund’s shares with the SEC and the NYSE or NYSE MKT, LLC, as applicable. These persons and entities are required by SEC regulation to furnish the Funds with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. Based on a review of these forms furnished to each Fund, each Fund believes that its Board Members and officers, Adviser and affiliated persons of the Adviser have complied with all applicable Section 16(a) filing requirements during its last fiscal year, except as follows: Douglas M. Baker and Michael Carne each made a late filing on Form 3 with respect to Preferred Income Opportunities. To the knowledge of management of the Funds, no shareholder of a Fund owns more than 10% of a registered class of a Fund’s equity securities, except as provided in Appendix B.

 

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Information About the Adviser

The Adviser, located at 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606, serves as investment adviser and manager for each Fund. The Adviser is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nuveen. Nuveen is a separate subsidiary of TIAA-CREF, a financial services organization based in New York, New York. TIAA-CREF acquired Nuveen on October 1, 2014.

Shareholder Proposals

To be considered for presentation at the annual meeting of shareholders for the Funds to be held in 2016, shareholder proposals submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-8 of the 1934 Act must be received at the offices of that Fund, 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606, not later than October 22, 2015. A shareholder wishing to provide notice in the manner prescribed by Rule 14a-4(c)(1) of a proposal submitted outside of the process of Rule 14a-8 for the annual meeting must, pursuant to each Fund’s By-Laws, submit such written notice to the Fund not later than January 5, 2016 or prior to December 21, 2015. Timely submission of a proposal does not mean that such proposal will be included in a proxy statement.

Shareholder Communications

Fund shareholders who want to communicate with the Board or any individual Board Member should write to the attention of Lorna Ferguson, Manager of Fund Board Relations, Nuveen, 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606. The letter should indicate that you are a Fund shareholder and note the Fund or Funds that you own. If the communication is intended for a specific Board Member and so indicates, it will be sent only to that Board Member. If a communication does not indicate a specific Board Member, it will be sent to the Independent Chairman and the outside counsel to the Independent Board Members for further distribution as deemed appropriate by such persons.

Expenses of Proxy Solicitation

The cost of preparing, printing and mailing the enclosed proxy, accompanying notice and proxy statement and all other costs in connection with the solicitation of proxies will be paid by the Funds pro rata based on the number of shareholder accounts. Additional solicitation may be made by letter or telephone by officers or employees of Nuveen or the Adviser, or by dealers and their representatives. Any additional costs of solicitation will be paid by the Fund that requires additional solicitation.

Fiscal Year

The last fiscal year end for Connecticut Premium, Georgia Dividend 2, Intermediate Duration, Intermediate Duration Quality, Maryland Premium, Missouri Premium, North Carolina Premium and Virginia Premium was May 31, 2014. The last fiscal year end for Minnesota Municipal and Multi-Market Income was June 30, 2014. The last fiscal year end for Credit Strategies, Flexible Investment, Floating Rate Income, Floating Rate Income Opportunity, Preferred Income Term, Preferred Income Opportunities, Quality Preferred, Quality Preferred 2, Quality Preferred 3, Senior Income and Short Duration was July 31, 2014. The last fiscal year end for New York

 

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AMT-Free, New York Value 2 and New York Value Fund was September 30, 2014. The last fiscal year end for All Cap Energy MLP and Energy MLP was November 30, 2014. The last fiscal year end for Core Equity, Diversified Dividend, Global Equity, Mortgage Opportunity, Mortgage Opportunity 2, Real Asset, Real Estate Income, S&P Buy-Write, S&P Dynamic Overwrite, Tax-Advantaged Dividend and Tax-Advantaged Return was December 31, 2014.

Shareholder Report Delivery

Shareholder reports will be sent to shareholders of record of each Fund following the applicable period. Each Fund will furnish, without charge, a copy of its annual report and/or semi-annual report as available upon request. Such written or oral requests should be directed to such Fund at 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606 or by calling 1-800-257-8787.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder Meeting To Be Held on March 26, 2015:

Each Fund’s proxy statement is available at http://www.nuveenproxy.com/Closed-End-Fund-Proxy-Information/. For more information, shareholders may also contact the applicable Fund at the address and phone number set forth above.

Please note that only one annual report, semi-annual report or proxy statement may be delivered to two or more shareholders of a Fund who share an address, unless the Fund has received instructions to the contrary. To request a separate copy of an annual report, semi-annual report or proxy statement, or for instructions as to how to request a separate copy of such documents or as to how to request a single copy if multiple copies of such documents are received, shareholders should contact the applicable Fund at the address and phone number set forth above.

General

Management does not intend to present and does not have reason to believe that any other items of business will be presented at the Annual Meetings. However, if other matters are properly presented to the Annual Meetings for a vote, the proxies will be voted by the persons acting under the proxies upon such matters in accordance with their judgment of the best interests of the Fund.

A list of shareholders entitled to be present and to vote at each Annual Meeting will be available at the offices of the Funds, 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, for inspection by any shareholder during regular business hours beginning ten days prior to the date of the Annual Meeting.

Failure of a quorum to be present at any Annual Meeting will necessitate adjournment and will subject that Fund to additional expense. The persons named in the enclosed proxy may also move for an adjournment of any Annual Meeting to permit further solicitation of proxies with respect to the proposal if they determine that adjournment and further solicitation is reasonable and in the best interests of the Funds. Under each Fund’s By-Laws, an adjournment of a meeting with respect to a matter requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote on the matter present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting.

 

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IF YOU CANNOT BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING, YOU ARE REQUESTED TO FILL IN, SIGN AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY PROMPTLY. NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES.

Kevin J. McCarthy

Vice President and Secretary

February 17, 2015

 

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APPENDIX A

Beneficial Ownership

The following table lists the dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned by each Board Member nominee in each Fund and in all Nuveen funds overseen by the Board Member nominee as of December 31, 2014. The information as to beneficial ownership is based on statements furnished by each Board Member.

 

Dollar Range of Equity Securities
Board Member/Nominees   All Cap
Energy
  Connecticut
Premium
  Core Equity   Credit
Strategies
  Diversified
Dividend
  Energy MLP   Flexible
Investment
  Floating Rate
Income
  Floating Rate
Income
Opportunity
  Georgia
Dividend 2

Board Members/Nominees who are not interested persons of the Funds

               
Jack B. Evans   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $10,001 - $50,000   $10,001 - $50,000   $0
William C. Hunter   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
David J. Kundert   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
John K. Nelson   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
William J. Schneider   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   Over $100,000   $0
Judith M. Stockdale   $0   $0   $0   $1 - $10,000   $10,001 - $50,000   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
Carole E. Stone   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
Virginia L. Stringer   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
Terence J. Toth   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $50,001 - $100,000   $0   $0   $0   $0

Board Members/Nominees who are interested persons of the Funds

               
William Adams IV   $0   $0   $0   Over $100,000   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.   $0   $0   Over $100,000   $0   $10,001 - $50,000   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0

 

Dollar Range of Equity Securities
Board Member/Nominees   Global
Equity
  Intermediate
Duration
  Intermediate
Duration Quality
  Maryland
Premium
  Minnesota
Municipal
  Missouri
Premium
  Mortgage
Opportunity
  Mortgage
Opportunity 2
  Multi-Market
Income
  New York
AMT-Free

Board Members/Nominees who are not interested persons of the Funds

               
Jack B. Evans   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
William C. Hunter   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
David J. Kundert   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
John K. Nelson   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
William J. Schneider   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
Judith M. Stockdale   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
Carole E. Stone   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
Virginia L. Stringer   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
Terence J. Toth   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0

Board Members/Nominees who are interested persons of the Funds

               
William Adams IV   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.   Over $100,000   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0

 

A-1


Dollar Range of Equity Securities
Board Member/Nominees   New York
Value 2
  New York
Value
  North
Carolina
Premium
  Preferred
Income Term
  Preferred
Income
Opportunities
  Quality Preferred   Quality
Preferred 2
  Quality
Preferred 3
  Real Asset   Real Estate
Income

Board Members/Nominees who are not interested persons of the Funds

             
Jack B. Evans   $0   $0   $0   $10,001 - $50,000   $0   $10,001 - $50,000   $0   $0   $0   $10,001 - $50,000
William C. Hunter   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
David J. Kundert   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
John K. Nelson   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
William J. Schneider   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
Judith M. Stockdale   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
Carole E. Stone   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
Virginia L. Stringer   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
Terence J. Toth   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0

Board Members/Nominees who are interested persons of the Funds

             
William Adams IV   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0
Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $1 - $10,000   $0   $0   $0

 

Dollar Range of Equity Securities                                   
Board Member/Nominees   S&P Buy-Write   S&P Dynamic
Overwrite
  Senior Income   Short Duration   Tax-Advantaged
Dividend
  Tax-Advantaged
Return
 

Aggregate Range of Equity; Securities in All
Registered Investment Companies Overseen by  Board
Member Nominees in

Family of Investment Companies(1)

Board Members/Nominees who are not interested persons of the Funds

       
Jack B. Evans   $10,001 - $50,000   $0   $0   $10,001 - $50,000   $0   $0   Over $100,000
William C. Hunter   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   Over $100,000
David J. Kundert   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   Over $100,000
John K. Nelson   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   Over $100,000
William J. Schneider   $0   Over $100,000   $0   $50,001 - $100,000   $0   $0   Over $100,000
Judith M. Stockdale   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   Over $100,000
Carole E. Stone   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   Over $100,000
Virginia L. Stringer   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   Over $100,000
Terence J. Toth   $0   $0   $0   $10,001 - $50,000   $0   $0   Over $100,000

Board Members/Nominees who are interested persons of the Funds

       
William Adams IV   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   Over $100,000
Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   $0   Over $100,000

 

(1) The amounts reflect the aggregate dollar range of equity securities of the number of shares beneficially owned by the Board Member in the Funds and in all Nuveen funds overseen by each Board Member.

 

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The following table sets forth, for each Board Member nominee and for the Board Member nominees and officers as a group, the amount of shares beneficially owned in each Fund as of December 31, 2014. The information as to beneficial ownership is based on statements furnished by each Board Member nominee and officer.

 

Fund Shares Owned By Board Members And Officers(1)
Board Member/Nominees   All Cap
Energy
  Connecticut
Premium
  Core Equity   Credit
Strategies
  Diversified
Dividend
  Energy
MLP
  Flexible
Investment
  Floating Rate
Income
  Floating Rate
Income
Opportunity
  Georgia
Dividend 2

Board Members/Nominees who are not interested persons of the Funds

             
Jack B. Evans   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,600   3,000   0
William C. Hunter   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
David J. Kundert   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
John K. Nelson   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
William J. Schneider   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   28,774   0
Judith M. Stockdale   0   0   0   1,130   2,652   0   0   0   0   0
Carole E. Stone   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Virginia L. Stringer   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Terence J. Toth   0   0   0   0   0   2,580   0   0   0   0

Board Members/Nominees who are interested persons of the Funds

             
William Adams IV   0   0   0   25,000   0   0   0   0   0   0
Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.   0   0   13,700   0   3,500   0   0   0   0   0

All Board Members/Nominees and Officers as a Group

  0   0   13,700   26,130   6,152   2,580   0   1,600   32,774   0
Fund Shares Owned By Board Members And Officers(1)
Board Member/Nominees   Global
Equity
  Intermediate
Duration
  Intermediate
Duration
Quality
  Maryland
Premium
  Minnesota
Municipal
  Missouri
Premium
  Mortgage
Opportunity
  Mortgage
Opportunity 2
  Multi-Market
Income
  New York
AMT-Free

Board Members/Nominees who are not interested persons of the Funds

             
Jack B. Evans   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
William C. Hunter   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
David J. Kundert   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
John K. Nelson   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
William J. Schneider   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Judith M. Stockdale   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Carole E. Stone   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Virginia L. Stringer   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Terence J. Toth   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Board Members/Nominees who are interested persons of the Funds

             
William Adams IV   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.   11,000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

All Board Members/Nominees and Officers as a Group

  13,000   2,500   0   0   0   0   1,000   0   0   0

 

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Fund Shares Owned By Board Members And Officers(1)
Board Member/Nominees   New York
AMT-Free
  New York
Value 2
  New York
Value
  North
Carolina
Premium
  Preferred
Income Term
  Preferred
Income
Opportunities
  Quality
Preferred
  Quality
Preferred 2
  Quality
Preferred 3
  Real Asset

Board Members/Nominees who are not interested persons of the Funds

                   
Jack B. Evans   0   0   0   0   1,000   0   4,600   0   0   0
William C. Hunter   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
David J. Kundert   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
John K. Nelson   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
William J. Schneider   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Judith M. Stockdale   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Carole E. Stone   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Virginia L. Stringer   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Terence J. Toth   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Board Members/Nominees who are interested persons of the Funds

             
William Adams IV   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1,000   0   0

All Board Members/Nominees and Officers as a Group

  0   0   0   0   1,000   0   4,600   1,000   0   0

 

Fund Shares Owned By Board Members And Officers(1)
Board Member/Nominees   Real Estate
Income
  S&P Buy-
Write
  S&P
Dynamic
Overwrite
  Senior
Income
  Short
Duration
  Tax-
Advantaged
Dividend
  Tax-
Advantaged
Return

Board Members/Nominees who are not interested persons of the Funds

             
Jack B. Evans   1,100   1,468   0   0   2,000   0   0
William C. Hunter   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
David J. Kundert   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
John K. Nelson   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
William J. Schneider   0   0   31,950   0   5,260   0   0
Judith M. Stockdale   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Carole E. Stone   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Virginia L. Stringer   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Terence J. Toth   0   0   0   0   2,550   0   0

Board Members/Nominees who are interested persons of the Funds

             
William Adams IV   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

All Board Members/Nominees and Officers as a Group

  0   1,468   31,950   0   9,810   0   0

 

(1) The numbers include share equivalents of certain Nuveen funds in which the Board Member is deemed to be invested pursuant to the Deferred Compensation Plan for Independent Board Members as more fully described in the Proxy Statement.

 

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APPENDIX B

List of Beneficial Owners Who Own More Than 5% of Any Class of Shares in Any Fund

The following chart lists each shareholder or group of shareholders who beneficially owned more than 5% of any class of shares for each Fund as of February 9, 2015*:

 

Fund and Class   Shareholder Name and Address   Number of
Shares Owned
    Percentage
Owned
 

Connecticut Premium
— VMTP Shares

 

Wells Fargo & Company(a)

420 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, CA 94104

Wells Fargo Municipal Capital Strategies, LLC(a)

375 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10152

    1,060        100

Core Equity
— Common Shares

 

Advisors Asset Management, Inc.

18925 Base Camp Road

Monument, Colorado 80132

    1,079,206        6.74
 

First Trust Portfolios L.P.(b)

First Trust Advisors L.P.(b)

The Charger Corporation(b)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

    2,614,479        16.32

Credit Strategies
— Common Shares

 

First Trust Portfolios L.P.(b)

First Trust Advisors L.P.(b)

The Charger Corporation(b)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

    13,946,605        10.25

Diversified Dividend
— Common Shares

 

First Trust Portfolios L.P.(b)

First Trust Advisors L.P.(b)

The Charger Corporation(b)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

    4,319,042        21.66

Energy MLP
— Common Shares

 

First Trust Portfolios L.P.(b)

First Trust Advisors L.P.(b)

The Charger Corporation(b)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

    6,578,916        16.68

Flexible Investment
— Common Shares

 

First Trust Portfolios L.P.(b)

First Trust Advisors L.P.(b)

The Charger Corporation(b)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

    334,898        9.04

Floating Rate Income
— Common Shares

 

First Trust Portfolios L.P.(b)

First Trust Advisors L.P.(b)

The Charger Corporation(b)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

    6,443,360        11.68

 

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Fund and Class   Shareholder Name and Address   Number of
Shares Owned
    Percentage
Owned
 

Floating Rate Income
— VRTP Shares

 

CRC Funding, LLC(c)

70 Washington Boulevard

Stamford, CT 06901

Citibank, N.A.(c)

Citicorp(c)

Citigroup Inc.(c)

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

    1,390        100

Floating Rate Income Opportunity
— Common Shares

 

First Trust Portfolios L.P.(a)

First Trust Advisors L.P.(a)

The Charger Corporation(a)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

    6,658,307        17.30

Floating Rate Income Opportunity
— VRTP Shares

 

CRC Funding, LLC(c)

70 Washington Boulevard

Stamford, CT 06901

Citibank, N.A.(c)

Citicorp(c)

Citigroup Inc.(c)

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

    980        100

Georgia Dividend 2
— VMTP Shares

 

Wells Fargo & Company(a)

420 Montgomery Street

San Francisco, CA 94104

Wells Fargo Municipal Capital Strategies, LLC(a)

375 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10152

    750        100

Global Equity
— Common Shares

 

Morgan Stanley(d)

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC(d)

1585 Broadway

New York, NY 10036

    1,477,739        7.70
 

First Trust Portfolios L.P.(b)

First Trust Advisors L.P.(b)

The Charger Corporation(b)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

    3,221,460        16.77

Intermediate Duration
— VMTP Shares

 

Bank of America Corporation(e)

100 North Tyron Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255

Banc of America Preferred Funding Corporation(e)

214 North Tryon Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255

    1,750        100

 

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Fund and Class   Shareholder Name and Address   Number of
Shares Owned
    Percentage
Owned
 

Intermediate Duration Quality
— Common Shares

 

Karpus Management, Inc., d/b/a

Karpus Investment Management

183 Sully’s Trail

Pittsford, New York 14534

    1,342,018        10.25

Intermediate Duration Quality
— VMTP Shares

 

Bank of America Corporation(e)

100 North Tyron Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255

Banc of America Preferred Funding Corporation(e)

214 North Tryon Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255

    500        100

Maryland Premium
— VMTP Shares

 

Bank of America Corporation(e)

100 North Tyron Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255

Banc of America Preferred Funding Corporation(e)

214 North Tryon Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255

    1,670        100

Minnesota Municipal
— VMTP Shares

 

Bank of America Corporation(e)

100 North Tyron Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255

Banc of America Preferred Funding Corporation(e)

214 North Tryon Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255

    441        100

Missouri Premium
— VMTP Shares

 

Bank of America Corporation(e)

100 North Tyron Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255

Banc of America Preferred Funding Corporation(e)

214 North Tryon Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255

    180        100

Mortgage Opportunity
— Common Shares

 

First Trust Portfolios L.P.(b)

First Trust Advisors L.P.(b)

The Charger Corporation(b)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

    1,549,606        9.75
 

Saba Capital Management, L.P.

Mr. Boaz R. Weinstein

405 Lexington Avenue, 58th Floor

New York, NY 10174

    839,722        5.29

Mortgage Opportunity 2
— Common Shares

 

First Trust Portfolios L.P.(b)

First Trust Advisors L.P.(b)

The Charger Corporation(b)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

    429,048        8.81

 

B-3


Fund and Class   Shareholder Name and Address   Number of
Shares Owned
    Percentage
Owned
 

New York Value 2
— Common Shares

 

First Trust Portfolios L.P.(b)

First Trust Advisors L.P.(b)

The Charger Corporation(b)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

    189,418        8.06

North Carolina Premium
— VMTP Shares

 

Bank of America Corporation(e)

100 North Tyron Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255

Banc of America Preferred Funding Corporation(e)

214 North Tryon Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28255

    1,250        100

Preferred Income Opportunities

— Common Shares

 

First Trust Portfolios L.P.(b)

First Trust Advisors L.P.(b)

The Charger Corporation(b)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

    7,105,586        7.33

Real Estate Income
— Common Shares

 

First Trust Portfolios L.P.(b)

First Trust Advisors L.P.(b)

The Charger Corporation(b)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

    1,511,423        5.23

S&P Dynamic Overwrite
— Common Shares

 

First Trust Portfolios L.P.(b)

First Trust Advisors L.P.(b)

The Charger Corporation(b)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

    1,399,927        8.67

Senior Income
— Common Shares

 

First Trust Portfolios L.P.(b)

First Trust Advisors L.P.(b)

The Charger Corporation(b)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

    4,996,871        12.94

Senior Income
— VRTP Shares

 

CRC Funding, LLC(c)

70 Washington Boulevard

Stamford, CT 06901

Citibank, N.A.(c)

Citicorp(c)

Citigroup Inc.(c)

399 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

    580        100

 

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Fund and Class   Shareholder Name and Address   Number of
Shares Owned
    Percentage
Owned
 

Short Duration
— Common Shares

 

Guggenheim Capital, LLC(f)

Guggenheim Partners, LLC(f)

Guggenheim Funds Services Holdings, LLC(f)

Guggenheim Funds Services, LLC(f)

227 West Monroe Street

Chicago, IL 60606

GP Holdco II, LLC(f)

GP Holdco, LLC(f)

Guggenheim Partners Investment Management

Holdings, LLC

330 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC(f) 2455 Corporate West Drive

Lisle, IL 60532

    907,415        8.84
 

First Trust Portfolios L.P.(b)

First Trust Advisors L.P.(b)

The Charger Corporation(b)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

    2,053,886        20.35

Tax-Advantaged Dividend
— Common Shares

 

Advisors Asset Management, Inc.

18925 Base Camp Road

Monument, Colorado 80132

    1,162,325        8.03

Tax-Advantaged Return
— Common Shares

 

Advisors Asset Management, Inc.

18925 Base Camp Road

Monument, Colorado 80132

    1,692,120        12.23
 

First Trust Portfolios L.P.(b)

First Trust Advisors L.P.(b)

The Charger Corporation(b)

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400

Wheaton, Illinois 60187

    2,611,313        18.87

 

* 

The information contained in this table is based on Schedule 13D and 13G filings made on or before February 9, 2015.

 

(a) Wells Fargo & Company and Wells Fargo Municipal Capital Strategies, LLC filed their Schedule 13D jointly and did not different holdings as to each entity.

 

(b) First Trust Portfolios L.P., First Trust Advisors L.P. and The Charger Corporation filed their Schedule 13G jointly and did not differentiate holdings as to each entity.

 

(c) CRC Funding, LLC, Citibank N.A., Citicorp and Citigroup Inc. filed their Schedule 13G jointly and did not differentiate holdings as to each entity.

 

(d) Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC filed their Schedule 13G jointly and did not differentiate holdings as between each entity.

 

(e) Bank of America Corporation and Banc of America Preferred Fund Corporation filed their Schedule 13D jointly and did not differentiate holdings as between each entity.

 

(f) Guggenheim Capital, LLC, Guggenheim Partners, LLC, Guggenheim Funds Services Holdings, LLC, Guggenheim Funds Services, LLC, GP Holdco II, LLC, GP Holdco, LLC, Guggenheim Partners Investment Management Holdings, LLC and Guggenheim Funds Distributors, LLC filed their Schedule 13G jointly and did not differentiate holdings as between each entity.

 

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VRDP Shares are designed to be eligible for purchase by money market funds. Based on information provided by remarketing agents for the VRDP Shares, money market funds within certain fund complexes may hold, in the aggregate, greater than 5% of the outstanding VRDP Shares of one or more Funds, and individual money market funds within such complexes may beneficially own an indeterminable amount of VRDP Shares exceeding 5% of the outstanding VRDP Shares of one or more Funds. Information with respect to aggregate holdings of these VRDP Shares associated with fund complexes identified by the remarketing agents as holding greater than 5% of the outstanding VRDP Shares of a Fund, including the number of VRDP Shares associated with the fund complex and percentage of total outstanding, is as follows: New York AMT-Free (Series 1): Blackrock (87 shares (7.7%)), JP Morgan (286 shares (25.5%)), Vanguard (400 shares (35.6%)), Federated (200 shares (17.8%)), Bank of America (150 shares (13.4%)); New York AMT-Free (Series 2): Blackrock (76 shares (4.6%)), JP Morgan (474 shares (28.8%)), Vanguard (620 shares (37.6%)), Federated (310 shares (18.8%)), Bank of America (168 shares (10.2%)); New York AMT-Free (Series 3): Blackrock (85 shares (5.3%)), JP Morgan (262 shares (16.2%)), Vanguard (620 shares (38.3%)), Federated (310 shares (19.2%)), Bank of America (170 shares (10.5%)), Morgan Stanley (170 shares (10.5%)); New York AMT-Free (Series 4): Vanguard (25 shares (5.0%)), Federated (235 shares (47.0%)), Morgan Stanley (240 shares (48.0%)); Virginia Premium: Deutsche Bank (150 shares (11.7%)), Federated (300 shares (23.4%)), JP Morgan (380 shares (29.7%)), Morgan Stanley (200 shares (15.6%)), Northern Trust (250 shares (19.5%)).

 

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APPENDIX C

NUMBER OF BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS

HELD DURING EACH FUND’S LAST FISCAL YEAR

 

Fund    Regular
Board
Meeting
     Special
Board
Meeting
     Executive
Committee
Meeting
     Dividend
Committee
Meeting
     Compliance, Risk
Management
and Regulatory
Oversight
Committee
Meeting
     Audit
Committee
Meeting
     Nominating
and
Governance
Committee
Meeting
     Closed-End
Funds
Committee
 
All Cap Energy      6         8         1         6         6         4         7         4   
Connecticut Premium      6         8         0         5         6         4         7         5   
Core Equity      6         8         0         5         6         4         7         4   
Credit Strategies      6         7         0         5         6         4         7         4   
Diversified Dividend      6         8         0         5         6         4         7         4   
Energy MLP      6         8         0         8         6         4         7         4   
Flexible Investment      6         7         0         5         6         4         7         4   
Floating Rate Income      6         7         1         5         6         4         7         4   
Floating Rate Income Opportunity      6         7         1         5         6         4         7         4   
Georgia Dividend 2      6         8         1         5         6         4         7         5   
Global Equity      6         8         0         5         6         4         7         4   
Intermediate Duration      6         8         0         5         6         4         7         5   
Intermediate Duration Quality      6         8         0         5         6         4         7         5   
Maryland Premium      6         8         0         5         6         4         7         5   
Minnesota Municipal*      0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0   
Missouri Premium      6         8         0         5         6         4         7         5   
Mortgage Opportunity      6         8         0         5         6         4         7         4   
Mortgage Opportunity 2      6         8         0         5         6         4         7         4   
Multi-Market Income**      0         0         0         0         0         0         0         0   
New York AMT-Free      6         7         1         6         6         4         7         4   
New York Value 2      6         7         0         6         6         4         7         4   
New York Value      6         7         0         6         6         4         7         4   

 

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Fund    Regular
Board
Meeting
     Special
Board
Meeting
     Executive
Committee
Meeting
     Dividend
Committee
Meeting
     Compliance, Risk
Management
and Regulatory
Oversight
Committee
Meeting
     Audit
Committee
Meeting
     Nominating
and
Governance
Committee
Meeting
     Closed-End
Funds
Committee
 
North Carolina Premium      6         8         0         5         6         4         7         5   
Preferred Income Term      6         7         0         5         6         4         7         4   
Preferred Income Opportunities      6         7         0         5         6         4         7         4   
Quality Preferred      6         7         0         5         6         4         7         4   
Quality Preferred 2      6         7         0         5         6         4         7         4   
Quality Preferred 3      6         7         0         5         6         4         7         4   
Real Asset      6         8         0         5         6         4         7         4   
Real Estate Income      6         8         0         5         6         4         7         4   
S&P Buy-Write      6         8         0         6         6         4         7         4   
S&P Dynamic Overwrite      6         8         0         6         6         4         7         4   
Senior Income      6         7         1         5         6         4         7         4   
Short Duration      6         7         0         5         6         4         7         4   
Tax-Advantaged Dividend      6         8         0         5         6         4         7         4   
Tax-Advantaged Return      6         8         0         5         6         4         7         4   
Virginia Premium      6         8         0         5         6         4         7         5   

 

* The Fund commenced operations on October 6, 2014.

 

** The Fund became a fund of the Nuveen fund complex on September 8, 2014.

 

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Nuveen All Cap Energy MLP Opportunities Fund   Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund   Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund
Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund   Nuveen Diversified Dividend and Income Fund   Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund
Nuveen Flexible Investment Income Fund   Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund   Nuveen Floating Rate Income Opportunity Fund
Nuveen Georgia Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 2   Nuveen Global Equity Income Fund   Nuveen Intermediate Duration Municipal Term Fund
Nuveen Intermediate Duration Quality Municipal Term Fund   Nuveen Maryland Premium Income Municipal Fund   Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Income Fund
Nuveen Missouri Premium Income Municipal Fund   Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund   Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund 2
Nuveen Multi-Market Income Fund   Nuveen New York AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund   Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund 2
Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund, Inc.   Nuveen North Carolina Premium Income Municipal Fund   Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund
Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund   Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund   Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund 2
Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund 3   Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund   Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund
Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income Fund   Nuveen S&P 500 Dynamic Overwrite Fund   Nuveen Senior Income Fund
Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund   Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Dividend Growth Fund   Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Total Return Strategy Fund
Nuveen Virginia Premium Income Municipal Fund    

VOTING OPTIONS

Read your proxy statement and have it at hand when voting.

 

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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” PROPOSALS.

In their discretion, the proxy holders are authorized to vote upon such other matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

Properly executed proxies will be voted as specified. If no other specification is made, such shares will be voted “FOR” each proposal.

TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: n

 

1a.   Election of Board Members: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) mark the “For All Except” and write the nominee number(s) on the line provided.

  Class III:                     
   01.   Jack B. Evans            02.    William J. Schneider            03.    Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.   
    FOR ALL   WITHHOLD
ALL
  FOR ALL
EXCEPT
        FOR
ALL
  WITHHOLD

ALL

  FOR ALL
EXCEPT
 
01   Nuveen All Cap Energy MLP Opportunities Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                       02   Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                    
03   Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                       04   Nuveen Diversified Dividend and Income Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                    
05   Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                       06   Nuveen Flexible Investment Income Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                    
07   Nuveen Global Equity Income Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                       08   Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                    
09   Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund 2   ¨   ¨   ¨                       10   Nuveen Multi-Market Income Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                    
11   Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund 2   ¨   ¨   ¨                       12   Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund, Inc.   ¨   ¨   ¨                    
13   Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                       14   Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                    
15   Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund 2   ¨   ¨   ¨                       16   Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund 3   ¨   ¨   ¨                    
17   Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                       18   Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                    
19   Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-Write Income Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                       20   Nuveen S&P 500 Dynamic Overwrite Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                    
21   Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Dividend Growth Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                       22   Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Total Return Strategy Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                    

1b.   Election of Board Members: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) mark the “For All Except” and write the nominee number(s) on the line provided.

  Class II:                  Class III:      
   01.   William Adams IV            03.    John K. Nelson            05.    Jack B. Evans            07    Thomas S.Schreier, Jr.
   02.   David J. Kundert            04.    Terence J. Toth            06.    William J. Schneider         

 

    FOR ALL   WITHHOLD
ALL
  FOR ALL
EXCEPT
        FOR
ALL
  WITHHOLD

ALL

  FOR ALL
EXCEPT
 
01   Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                       02   Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                    

1c.    Election of Board Members: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) mark the “For All Except” and write the nominee number(s) on the line provided.

  Class III:               
   01.   Jack B. Evans            02.    Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.            
    FOR ALL   WITHHOLD
ALL
  FOR ALL
EXCEPT
               
01   Nuveen Intermediate Duration Municipal Term Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                                  
02   Nuveen Intermediate Duration Quality Municipal Term Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                                  
03   Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Income Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                                  
04   Nuveen New York AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                                  

1d.   Election of Board Members: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) mark the “For All Except” and write the nominee number(s) on the line provided.

  Class II:                  Class III:      
   01.   William Adams IV            03.    John K. Nelson            05.    Jack B. Evans      
   02.   David J. Kundert            04.    Terence J. Toth            06.    Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.   
    FOR ALL   WITHHOLD
ALL
  FOR ALL
EXCEPT
       
01   Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                          
02   Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                          
03   Nuveen Floating Rate Income Opportunity Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                          
04   Nuveen Georgia Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 2   ¨   ¨   ¨                          
05   Nuveen Maryland Premium Income Municipal Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                          
06   Nuveen Missouri Premium Income Municipal Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                          
07   Nuveen North Carolina Premium Income Municipal Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                          
08   Nuveen Senior Income Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                          
09   Nuveen Virginia Premium Income Municipal Fund   ¨   ¨   ¨                          

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Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on March 26, 2015.

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